Because Process Matters

How to Start a BPM Initiative: A Lesson from Early Adopters

Posted by: Sandra Moran on: October 26, 2011

Business process management (BPM) initiatives are growing in popularity because thousands of organizations have proven the measurable value BPM can deliver at a lower cost and in a dramatically shorter time than with traditional solution development approaches. Early BPM adopters have achieved an exceptional amount of success in their BPM deployments and there is a lot you can learn from the road they’ve paved.

According to the Forrsights Software Survey, Q4 2010 the of the major drivers for BPM adoption among financial services and insurance companies are
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The New iWorker Meets Adaptive Case Management

Posted by: Derek Weeks on: October 21, 2011

IT organizations are faced with a growing set of user expectations from the lines of businesses they support. The mismatch of expectations is being accelerated by the now ubiquitous access to Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype, personalized portals like iGoogle, and iPhone or iPad. The growing use of these technologies has evolved millions into technology and social savvy “iWorkers”. These masses are now collaborating, finding expertise, communicating with one another, and personalizing their application interfaces –all outside of work. For many people, stepping into their office each morning takes them back a decade or more when comparing their work environment and applications to technologies they have used to make their personal lives more productive. 

Mobile BPM: Connecting People to Process Wherever They Are

Posted by: Sandra Moran on: October 17, 2011

In an increasingly more mobile society, work is not completed only in the office – it is often done on-the-go using a mobile device. Unsurprising to most, a study conducted by Morgan Stanley indicated that 91% of all U.S. citizens have their mobile device within reach twenty-four-seven.

To take this even further, in a recent report Gartner predicted that “by 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide. According to Gartner’s PC installed base forecast, the total number of PCs in use will reach 1.78 billion units in 2013. By 2013, the combined installed base of smart phones and browser-equipped enhanced phones will exceed 1.82 billion units and will be greater than the installed base for PCs thereafter.”[1]

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Countdown: 31 Days Until the OpenText BPM User Summit!

Posted by: Elizabeth Edwards on: October 7, 2011

Let the countdown begin! There are only thirty-one more days until the OpenText BPM User Summit and we couldn’t be more thrilled. This year we are combining two powerhouse organizations – Global 360 and Metastorm – to give our customers the best user summit to date.

During the summit we will be unveiling the new OpenText BPM vision, as well as a lot of new, promising product and solution innovations. We are excited to have Clay Richardson, Senior Analyst for Forester Research, kick-off our user summit with a thought-provoking session on Social BPM and the powerful value it has for organizations. This year we have assembled a remarkable lineup of speakers across a variety of industries who will be sharing their best practice techniques, lessons learned and other helpful tips and tricks to expand your business improvement projects. A full list of our summit speakers is available on our online agenda, here.

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The results of our How are Businesses using Microsoft® SharePoint® in the Enterprise? Fall 2011 Market Survey are out and there are several interesting trends regarding how businesses are leveraging SharePoint. This survey is conducted every six months to help businesses better understand how organizations are driving value out of their SharePoint investment and key challenges they face in their deployments. Three hundred and sixty two people familiar with SharePoint from multiple industries worldwide participated in the survey which ran throughout September.

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3 Tips to Improve New Client On-boarding

Posted by: Alison Cooley on: September 27, 2011

In its nature, new client on-boarding is prone to error. For example, to bring on a new customer a financial services firm often goes through redundant, manual paper-intensive processes – producing bottlenecks so large that it takes several weeks, or even months, for a customer to be fully integrated. The process, while seemingly effective at one point in time, is now flawed. Employees spend several hours entering the same data into several entry points and have little to no visibility into the new customer’s application progress.  

Time is money and customer service is critical, so we’ve pulled together three quick tips to help you on-board your customers more efficiently and effectively. Now you can save money, improve overall customer and employee satisfaction, and gain a strategic advantage over your competitors.

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