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November 2011 Edition - Strategy Execution Newsletter - On Managing Processes

Six Disciplines

Welcome to the November issue of the Strategy Execution Newsletter from Six Disciplines. Business Process Management articles (BPM Institute) (Oct 2011). I'm a consultant, and my clients could really benefit from Six Disciplines. I'm a consultant, and my clients could really benefit from Six Disciplines.

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Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). Most missionaries of the BPM religion come from a heritage in information technology.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business Review

Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM). BPM reflected the interactions of different stakeholders, from product creation through supply chain to final assembly. How organizations are changing.

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

An executive decides on a different and better way to do things, and prepares a sales pitch that goes something like this: First: "We need to change. Fed by consultants, gurus, technology vendors, and academics, their enthusiasm for a particular process improvement method takes on a religious tone (as I described in my last post.)