Ovum Research is speaking about the fusion of BI and BPM and I am listening
Posted by Joerg Klueckmann on Jun 18, 2008
I survived the evening event at Kosmos, a former movie theater which is now a great party location in the eastern part of Berlin. After just a few hours of sleep, I was sitting in the presentation held by Ian Charlesworth from Ovum Research. He offers us an analyst perspective on the merger of BI and BPM.
ARIS Usability Lab During ARIS ProcessWorld
Posted by Sebastian Stein on Jun 18, 2008
The main focus of ARIS ProcessWorld and ARIS User Day is on sharing best practices between ARIS users by having many different presentations and discussion rounds. As there are so many ARIS users around, it is, of course, a good idea to also ask them about how they experience the usage of the different ARIS products. This is done during the conference in the ARIS Usability Lab…
Wolfram Jost about ARIS-SAP Integration
Posted by Sebastian Stein on Jun 17, 2008
At the end of the first day of ARIS ProcessWorld Dr. Wolfram Jost gave an overview of the latest product developments. He provided some new details about the ARIS integration in SAP.
BPM = Business Process Management = Business Performance Management
Posted by Eric Brabaender on Jun 17, 2008
The IDS Scheer ProcessWorld has started with a Keynote speech by Professor Scheer. The keynote room of the Maritim Hotel in Berlin is completely filled by the audience. As a passionate jazz saxophonist, he starts, of course, with a short jazz play introduction with the song “Milestones”.
Business Performance and Soccer
Posted by Sebastian Stein on Jun 16, 2008
What do business performance management and soccer have in common? In the final keynote during ARIS UserDay, Dr. Helge Hess and Jörg Klückmann showed where both topics fit together. Read on to learn how both domains benefit from real-time analytics…
Executive Command-and-Control of Business Processes, A Perspective
Posted by Michael Wheeler on May 14, 2008
by Mike Wheeler
ARIS Senior Solutions Engineer
In order to provide today’s operationally savvy executive with the command-and-control cockpit that is needed to run an effective organization, I propose that we must first consider the three basic components that are the foundation of any organization: people, processes and technology. In order to achieve the lofty goals of increased valuation, top-line growth and increased share price, it is imperative to have a well-defined business strategy, supported by a sound operational strategy, which is driven by operational execution. It is this foundation that provides the fuel to drive operational execution.
Review: Process Intelligence Conference Split, Croatia
Posted by Joerg Klueckmann on May 8, 2008
by Joerg Klueckmann
ARIS Product Marketing
I just came from the presentation from Mr. Witschi from Swisscom. In a 3 hours sessions (including a coffee break) he showed why and how Swisscom switched its order processing controlling/management to ARIS Process Performance Manager. The impressing thing was that he used the live Swisscom system to show how they were able to reduce the average processing time for order process (e.g. DSL order and installation) from 5.3 working days to 1 working day. If you don’t believe this number, click on read more.
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.



