Dear community,
Adam Deane recently offered a tongue-in-cheek list of stereotypes for the BPM crowd. We open-sourcers are “the BPM Brady Bunch” – young, innovative, and friendly. Yo. Us.
And hey! right alongside there’s this recent Financial Times article about the agony of corporate-speak.
Some of us Brady Bunch are old enough to be a bit old school when it comes to clear communication. So here’s one interpretation of BPM-speak. Let the communication begin.
| workflow | how stuff gets done |
| business process interoperability | how stuff gets done across organizations |
| Business Process Management | defining how stuff gets done |
| business-driven development | how stuff gets done according to management |
| business process modeling | a picture of how stuff gets done |
| Business Process Management Notation | how to draw a picture of how stuff gets done |
| business process reengineering | fixing how stuff gets done so it gets done better |
| continuous improvement | always fixing how stuff gets done |
| business process automation, workflow automation | using software to get some/all of the stuff done |
| business process management software | the software that ties the stuff together |
| process based applications | getting stuff done using the web |
| process-driven applications | getting useful stuff done using the web |
| key performance indicators | measurable numbers about how much stuff gets done, how fast stuff gets done, etc |
| business activity monitoring | keeping an eye on those numbers |
| business analytics | keeping both eyes on those numbers |
| case management | whoa! This isn't in our process. |
| social BPM | using the latest coolest technology in communication tools to get stuff done |
| in the cloud | stuff you can do online |
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The Latest from R&D
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Recent contributions
Processes- Business Trip Application - with statistics!
- Process about a small test - take and score a quiz
- Maintenance Management Process - a process that passes information between 2 pools
- Example using a table widget - shows how to use functions to set values for a table widget
Connectors
Next Tasks Actors - get the name of actors assigned to the next tasks
- SCPPut connector - copies a local file to a remote SSH server
- Download Picture - download picture from a web site and save it to your disk
- Active Directory Group Resolver - Resolves the users of AD groups with SUBTREE_SCOPE (thanks to Community member ridvan)
They're blogging about us
Demystifying BPM for Enterprise Users at CRPM Buyer.David Feugey interviews Miguel at Solutions Linux. In French!
Alejandro R Caraballo blogs about BOS. In Spanish!
We’re on the A-list at SVSP!
Let us know if you see Bonita in the blogosphere.
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