Part 1: How BPM really works: From BPR to BPM as a Discipline
Posted by Britta Hilt on Apr 28, 2008
by Britta Hilt,ARIS Product Management
Today: Old Organization + New Technology = Expensive Old Organization
As we all know, in the late 20th century, more and more Managing Directors were following Michael Hammer´s advice to rigorously change their companies´ processes in reducing non-value adding work to zero, instead of using IT to automate it..
Where is BPMN heading to?
Posted by Sebastian Stein on Apr 24, 2008
by Sebastian Stein
ARIS Development
The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) grew popular among business analysts in recent years. BPMN is a public standard maintained by OMG. Today, we see a lot of BPMN support like specific BPMN trainings. Even though adoption of BPMN in industry is fast, there are still some important things missing like a tool independent exchange format. Therefore, work on BPMN 2 already started more than one year ago. Today, I like to report on the current state of BPMN 2.
Do I need Enterprise Architecture to do BPM?
Posted by Olaf Geyer on Apr 21, 2008
by Olaf Geyer,Head of Center of Excellence for EA and SOA
Do I need Enterprise Architecture to do BPM? I’d say yes. If you do BPM – whether it is the business view of process management or the more technical view – you most likely document or design your processes. How do you do that? You create models or diagrams depicting a process that is composed of process steps or activities, roles and organizations, events, information, systems or services, and much more. If you are serious about BPM you are or should be doing this in a structured and managed approach.
Best Practise Approach to Discover Business Rules
Posted by Kai-Uwe Schwarzwaelder on Apr 18, 2008
by Kai-Uwe Schwarzwaelder,ARIS Services
The Business rules approach is a technique for formalizing an enterprises critical business rule in a way the business persons (analysts and experts) understand. This technique helps to find, describe, manage, test and at least automate business rules. In a real life scenario this approach is implemented in several process steps, also called as business rules lifecycle.
Review: Business Integration Forum Wiesbaden, Germany - Day 2:
Posted by Joerg Klueckmann on Apr 18, 2008
by Joerg Klueckmann,
ARIS Product Marketing
The second day at the Business Integration Forum in Wiesbaden came up with some interesting discussions and presentations. I was also able to join a presentation by Google at the Web 2.0 Congress which took place at the same conference center.
Preview: ARIS UserDay 08 Berlin, Germany
Posted by Sybille Langenbahn on Apr 18, 2008
This year, I’m organizing ARIS UserDay Europe for the third time. You could be excused for thinking it’s getting boring—but there’s no danger of that, not for me or for the attendees. With so much new and exciting stuff this year, the event will offer plenty of interest.
Review: Business Integration Forum Wiesbaden, Germany - Day 1:
Posted by Joerg Klueckmann on Apr 16, 2008
by Joerg Klueckmann,
ARIS Product Marketing
Today Business Integration Forum in Wiesbaden started with a keynote from Dr. Martin. An interesting chapter of his presentation was the result of the ‘SOA Check 2008’ survey. 60 companies in Germany where asked about the maturity and structure of their SOA strategies. Here just some findings, which were interesting to me.
Measuring the Business World
Posted by Dr. Helge Hess on Apr 13, 2008
by Dr. Helge Hess,Director ARIS R&D, Product & Solution Management
Information obtained from analyzing and evaluating live business processes provides an important leading indicator for a company’s performance and value creation activities. Collecting KPIs on a data-driven basis without linking them to processes does not boost business performance, however. Process-oriented performance management tools are required that seamlessly support day-to-day business management at the strategic, tactical, and operational level.
Managing Internal Control Systems
Posted by Andreas Havliza on Apr 13, 2008
by Andreas Havliza,
Regional Solution Owner GRC D/A/CH
The internal control system is subject to a change. It is developing from a pure control instrument to an important management tool of companies. It is considered as essential component of Corporate Governance and provides the opportunity to enhance the internal organization. Effective and audit compliant documented internal control systems are more and more becoming important parts of compliance regulations as Sox or the 8th Directive of the European Commission.
Feedback from e-on on ARIS Business Performance Edition
Posted by Bernd Linden on Apr 13, 2008
by Bernd Linden,
E.ON Sales & Trading GmbH: Head of CSP – Process Management and SOA
We were pleased to participate in the ARIS Business Performance Edition Pilot Project to assess the benefits that the ARIS Business Performance Edition will offer us.
