Explaining Capability Modeling to Business Process Professionals
As I’ve noted in prior posts, many hard working business process management professionals find the concept of “Business Capabilities” to…
Our own worst enemy: BPM pros tell horror stories about working with EA
I recently asked two questions on LinkedIn. I asked BPM professionals what they thought about working with Enterprise Architects, and…
Job Description for Business Architecture
As the result of reading some discussions on the responsibilities of Business Architecture, I got to thinking: How to describe…
How do you measure Enterprise Architecture?
One thing that I’ve come to truly appreciate: the balanced scorecard. Don’t get me wrong: I’ve been using scorecards and…
An examination of the OMG Business Motivation Model
Contrary to popular belief, Microsoft loves standards. We don’t always play well with standards bodies, but it doesn’t mean that,…
Feedback requested: Information driven process design
An esteemed associate of mine asked me recently if I believe that a conceptual information model, created and delivered independently…
Input sought: Actor – Role – Process Activity… an interesting domain model question
I have an open question. I’d love to get community feedback. A process can be decomposed into activities. Who performs…
Clarifying the Concept of Metadata
Metadata is a difficult word to define, or so it would appear. After all, why is it that the best…
How BPM does, and does not, support people
Kudos to Andrea Westernien on her blog about the disjoint between the work that people do and business process automation.…
Working in the dark
If we listen to smart people who create development processes, we hear things like "collect requirements" and "understand business process." …