Business Process Management
Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations
2nd Edition
Published on 29. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
500 pages
978-0-7506-8656-3 (ISBN)
Description
Business Process Management: Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations provides organizational leadership with an understanding of Business Process Management and its benefits to an organization.
This is an easy-to-use, easy-to-read guide that provides a practical framework, complete with a set of tools and techniques, to successfully implement Business Process Management projects. In addition, it features vital organizational perspectives that not only provide an overall view of BPM and the move towards a process-centric organization, but also reveal how to embed BPM within an organization to ensure a continuous business process improvement culture.
This is an easy-to-use, easy-to-read guide that provides a practical framework, complete with a set of tools and techniques, to successfully implement Business Process Management projects. In addition, it features vital organizational perspectives that not only provide an overall view of BPM and the move towards a process-centric organization, but also reveal how to embed BPM within an organization to ensure a continuous business process improvement culture.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Business Process Managers and Analysts, Project Managers, Operations Managers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Technical Officers
Supplementary text, post graduate level, for business courses (not IT courses) on process management, MBA, Management of Information Systems, Project Management
Supplementary text, post graduate level, for business courses (not IT courses) on process management, MBA, Management of Information Systems, Project Management
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-8656-3 (9780750686563)
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John Jeston
Business Process Management
Book
01/2014
3rd Edition
Routledge
€70.75
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Persons
John Jeston has extensive experience in the business and IT industries, where for over 30 years he has covered project management, Business Process Management (BPM), business process re-engineering, systems development, outsourcing, and general management. In addition to his roles as a consultant, he has held the positions of Financial Controller, Divisional Manager, Director of a software company, HR Director and Chief Information Officer. John is an internationally recognised expert in BPM strategy and implementation. He currently manages his own internationally based consultancy, Management by Process Pty Ltd, specialising in training and selected process service offerings. Johan Nelis has international experience as a hands-on Business Process Management Consultant. He established and managed a BPM practice of 30 consultants in the Netherlands. He established the Dutch BPM Forum. He is Lead Consultant at a BPM consultancy, where he provides strategic advice on business process services and supervises a team of BPM consultants.
Content
Introduction; Part I Frequently asked questions; How to demystify BPM; What is Business Process Management(BPM)? Why is it important to improve business processes before automating them?; When should you do BPM? What are the main drivers and triggers?; Who should be involved in BPM?; Why are organizational strategy and process architecture important in a BPM implementation?; How do you sell BPM technology to the organization?: What are the critical success factors in a BPM project?; What are the critical implementation aspects of a BPM solution?; Why do you need a structured approach to implementing BPM?; Part II The Framework; Chapter 11 Framework overview; Guidelines of how to use the Framework; Organization Strategy phase; Process Architecture phase; Launch Pad phase; Understand phase; Innovate phase; People phase; Develop phase; Implement phase; Realize Value phase; Sustainable Performance phase; Essentials Introduction; Project Management; People Change Management; Leadership; Part III BPM and the organization; BPM Maturity; Embedding BPM within the organization; Part IV Appendices'tools and techniques; Appendices; Bibliography