BPMethods Announces Availability of Its Flagship Business Process Management Strategy Guide

BOSTON, May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BPMethods, an inventive professional services firm innovating new ways to improve business process performance and results, today announced general availability of its unique Business Process Management (BPM) strategy guide.

The Strategy Guide - Using Best Practices to Align Business Strategy, People, Processes & Technology is a must read for business and technology professionals entrusted with initiating and running BPM programs. It teaches organizations the fundamental principles upon which successful business process improvement projects and continuous improvement programs are based. Learning them helps management teams to approach BPM with the mindset and rigor of world-class practitioners.

"Business process management and improvement, like any initiative, must start with clearly defined goals and objectives. Resources such as people, business processes and information technology then need to be structured and aligned correctly if goals are to be achieved," said Carl Lehmann, founder and Principal Analyst of BPMethods. "But for some organizations business strategy and execution drift apart. Processes are designed and technology is deployed without regard for strategic plans. Misalignment can be costly, damaging sales, customer satisfaction and financial performance," observed Mr. Lehmann.

The Strategy Guide introduces, and successively builds upon, the proven work of business and academic thought leaders, revealing important relationships - often overlooked in many works on BPM and quality management. It teaches how to formulate business strategy, analyze competition, focus operations, manage performance and adapt to change. It explains how to organize, empower and motivate people through workforce collaboration and collaborative objectives. It reveals how to structure performance measures and controls through process modeling and analysis, and how to manage events, exceptions, commitments and resolution efforts to unforeseen challenges and opportunities. The discussion on IT addresses critical elements of information acquisition, assessment and dissemination using a "process-centric" systems approach, and by practicing IT portfolio management.

Alignment of strategy, people, processes and technology occurs using a self-assessment technique unique to BPMethods called Derivative Analysis. It identifies and determines how best to modify specific elements of organizational behavior, process design and IT structure needed to execute a specific business strategy.

"The Strategy Guide puts strategy and execution in context," adds Mr. Lehmann. "Successful BPM practitioners never allow them to become mutually exclusive. They have a deep understanding of their contextual relationships and use this awareness to design and drive highly successful BPM initiatives."

The Strategy Guide is offered at the introductory price of $49.00. Download the table of contents and free chapters, or go to http://www.bpmethods.com/downloads.html. To learn more about BPMethods please visit http://www.bpmethods.com.

About BPMethods

BPMethods is a professional services firm focused on execution. We provide management tools, "how to" guides and professional guidance helping organizations improve business process performance and results. Our products help rapidly initiate and properly manage Process Improvement Projects and Continuous Improvement Programs. Our services include On-Demand Coaching, Business-Focused Training, Business Process Portfolio Management, Process Improvement Project Management and Continuous Improvement Program Management.

CONTACT:

Carl Lehmann
BPMethods, LLC
+1.781.319.0599
[email protected]
http://www.bpmethods.com

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