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Webinar on Case Management for Knowledge Work

 

March 3rd, 1:00pm Eastern 

Knowledge worker productivity is the biggest of the 21st century management challenges. In the developed countries it is their first survival requirement. In no other way can the developed countries hope to maintain themselves, let alone to maintain their leadership and their standards of living. - Peter F Drucker

Presented by leaders of the Workflow Management Coalition (WFMC) this webinar will show how Case Management supports Knowledge Work. Knowledge work accounts for 25% to 50% of all work, and the percentage is growing. Knowledge workers are typically the most highly paid members of any organization, including highly trained professionals and executives. That is why management sage Peter Drucker cited knowledge worker productivity as the highest priority for management in the 21st century.

Process technologies such as workflow and BPM have delivered well-proven ROI when the process is predictable and repeatable. In contrast, knowledge work involves processes where goals and certain tasks are well established, yet the exact sequences of these varies from with each case. These processes are not nearly predictable as those found with traditional applications of BPM and workflow, but the need for achieving productivity in knowledge work has never been greater.

For example, the course of treatments for a patient are not predictable at the time of admission to a hospital, but testing and treatment has to begin without a fixed plan. The course of court case is not predictable, but it is still very important that everything is prosecuted correctly. Negotiations as specialized as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or as common as the merger of two companies, all are examples of goal-driven processes where the specific paths to completeness are not predictable at any detailed level.

A promising solution for achieving productivity in the goal-driven processes of knowledge work can be found in new approach called "Adaptive Case Management" which is a combination of traditional Case Management, with strong Process and Analytics capabilities.

This fast-paced, highly informative webinar will illustrate how Adaptive Case Management offers a fundamentally different approach from BPM to supporting organizational work. Outlined will be the basic elements of Adaptive Case Management, and how such technology supports the unpredictable processes of knowledge work.

Agenda:

  • The Role of Process Management in Knowledge Worker Productivity
  • Understanding the Components of Adaptive Case Management
  • The Data Modeling Challenge within Goal-Driven, Dynamic Processes
  • Applying Adaptive Case Management to Innovation
  • Future Directions and Current Options for Managing Goal-Driven Processes
Archive from March 3rd Webinar:

 
BPMN 2.0 Industry Update

BPMN 2.0 Webinar • February 3rd, 1:00pm Eastern

Presented by one of the foremost authorities on business process modeling notations, methods and standards, this 45-minute webinar presents the findings from hundreds of hours of hands-on research and analysis of the current BPMN 2.0 specification, as well as BPMN conformance and serialization. Examined will be the changes introduced with BPMN 2.0 and the consequences these present to both developers and practitioners.  Following the presentation a 15-minute Q&A period will be provided.

Slides from the Current Webinar are now Available

February Archived Webcast is Here

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2009 BPM & Workflow Handbook
Methods, Concepts, Case Studies and Standards in Business Process Management and Workflow

Spotlight on BPM in Government
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The question, “How can governments manage change organizationally and be agile operationally?” is answered in this special spotlight on BPM in Government worldwide with specific emphasis on theUSA government where agencies, armed forces, states and cities are facing almost insurmountable challenges.

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Workflow Management Coalition Announces Results of BPMN Model Portability Validation
San Diego, CA, Mar 25, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) --The Workflow Management Coalition, the leading industry association and standards body dedicated to business process management and workflow, has announced the first results of BPMN model portability validation.

"This is a critical milestone for both business process modeling and the deployment of BPM systems, explained WfMC Executive Director, Nathaniel Palmer. "The work done by the WfMC Conformance Working Group, under the leadership of chair Robert Shapiro, provides the first-ever multi-product test results, and provides the first real risk management strategy for process modeling and re-engineering initiatives."

Currently over 80 identified products use the WfMC's standard XPDL ("XML Process Definition Language") for saving and storing process models reliably. Today XPDL remains the only standard means for the serialization (definition and storage) of models using BPMN ("Business Process Model Notation") the most commonly used notation business process modeling as well as the deployment BPMS and workflow management systems. The new conformance test provides a way to assure that BPMN diagrams can be reliably exchanged between certified tools.
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A Survey of Business Process Initiatives

Written by Nathaniel Palmer and published by Business Process Trends, "A Survey of Business Process Initiatives" features 33 pages of ground breaking research on the results of analyzing over 100 BPM deployment and business process. initiatives.Examined are BPM project success factors, Return On Investment (ROI) results, and the characteristics which determine whether BPM initiatives succeed or fail. Representing the results of over 6 months of research, this first-of-its-kind study offers one of the first real analyses of peformance rates and success indicators for business process initiatives.