White Papers

This case study examines the successful BPM initiative at one of the largest real estate investment organizations in the country. Archstone-Smith's portfolio is concentrated in many of the most desirable neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Written by Derek Miers, CEO of BPM Focus, this white paper explores the disruptive capability delivered by the combination of BPM and Software as a Service. It discusses the strategic and organizational challenges associated with traditional ways of doing things, contrasted with how the “on-demand” Appian Anywhere platform enables dynamic collaboration between participants both within the organization, as well as its customers and trading partners.

Savvion BusinessManager provides a unified and easy to use tool “Process Modeler “for modeling, simulation, and analysis of business processes, with a searchable repository.

Savvion BusinessManager (SBM) is a comprehensive Business Process Management System (BPMS) that helps organizations to manage the entire lifecycle of their business processes from modeling and design, to integration and automation, to deployment and execution, to measurement and optimization. SBM provides its own fully integrated tools for every stage of the process lifecycle. Savvion's leadership in BPM is validated in the marketplace by organizations that use it to manage many of their mission-critical business processes, and by industry analysts who consider Savvion a leader in the BPM market.

Bruce Williams,
Senior Vice President & General Manager,
BPM Solutions, Software AG
February 2007

 

Abstract:
Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) programs like Six Sigma and Lean have created over 100 billion dollars in savings and unleashed break-through opportunities in buisness and organizations of all sizes and types, But for many reasons, these methodologies have for the most part been implemented independent of enterprise information systems, severely limiting the reach of effectiveness on CPI.

 

BPM, SOA, and Web 2.0 currently are three of the hottest (and arguably the most hyped) technology strategies, with BPM and SOA a little more mature than Web 2.0. Enterprise adoption and convergence are fundamentally changing how IT and business (or mission) stakeholders work together. Because of the dynamic differences in the use and perceptions of these different technologies, there are both opportunities and threats for organizations. This white paper introduces a series or research studies and case studies exploring the BPM, SOA, and Web 2.0 convergence.

 

Listen to  Dennis Byron, Analyst, ebizQ, and Dennis Wall, VP, Software and SaaS, Fujitsu, discuss the different scenarios where using a BPM platform in the cloud makes sense and contrast it with scenarios where keeping process automation on premise is more prudent.

Fujitsu has been positioned as a "Champion" in a 2009 BPMS Market Update report published by Bloor Research. According to the report "Champions" offer "well-grounded tools with good support for both human and systems oriented processes."

This whitepaper describes how the movement toward broad BPM Programs has changed what companies need in terms of BPM technology and "know how". We describe 3 steps for establishing a solid foundation for a BPM Program that will enable your organization to scale its process improvement capability in a way that will deliver maximum value to the business.

Business Process Management (BPM) is in a period of transition.  For the past several years,
companies have been getting familiar with BPM, undertaking specific projects to address “burning
process problems”, or launching tightly-scoped projects to understand the capabilities of BPM
Suites (BPMSs) and how they should be used.  This whitepaper describes how the movement toward broad BPM Programs has changed what companies need in terms of BPM technology and “know how”.  We describe 3 steps for establishing a solid foundation for a BPM Program that will enable your organization to scale its process improvement capability in a way that will deliver maximum value to the business.