Select a Business Process Management Tool
A standardized approach to process orchestration and automation.
- You have been tasked with selecting a BPM tool for your organization. It is now your job to determine what processes, if any, would benefit from automation via BPM.
- BPM tools are not a plug-and-play technology, making the need for proper scoping, strong solution selection, and a well-planned implementation critical for effective utilization of the BPM suite.
- Selecting right tool is a critical step in delivering cost savings, improved customer satisfaction, and expanded revenue platforms.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- There is process management work to be done upfront for a successful BPM tool selection.
- Vendors prefer that processes are at a target state before being automated.
- It is critical to map business processes in addition to gathering requirements for the BPM solution.
- Identify the processes that are the most ready to automate, to help the vendor know where to start.
Impact and Result
- Enable IT to be a trusted partner in BPM selection; the business will own the requirements and be involved from the beginning.
- Understand where the BPM market is going.
- Take advantage of traceable and auditable selection tools to run an effective evaluation and selection process.
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What Is a Blueprint?
A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.
Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.
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Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 8 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.
Guided Implementation 1: Understand BPM
- Call 1: Establish a common definition of process mapping and its relation to BPM.
- Call 2: Determine organizational readiness for a BPM initiative.
Guided Implementation 2: Map processes and gather requirements
- Call 1: Understand business process improvement techniques.
- Call 2: Review requirements gathering findings.
Guided Implementation 3: Select a BPM tool and hand off to vendor for implementation
- Call 1: Review BPM marketplace.
- Call 2: Determine BPM selection strategy.
- Call 3: Review vendor RFP responses.
- Call 4: Establish stakeholder communication plan.
Contributors
- Sandy Kemsley, BPM Industry Analyst and Architect, Kemsley Design Ltd.
- 5 anonymous external contributors
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