DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/90f581/innovations_in_bus) has announced the addition of the "Innovations in Business Process Thinking" report to their offering.

In a world some people call "hypercompetitive" -- with little time to rest on ones laurels -- it is increasingly difficult to achieve sustainable competitive advantage without world-class, integrated business processes. But getting from today's inefficient and fragmented processes to tomorrows integrated and well-defined business processes involves a fair amount of chaos and pain.

The report "Innovations in Business Process Thinking" explores how modern trends in just-in-time manufacturing, business process reengineering, workflow management tools, and the emergence of service-oriented architecture (SOA), LANs, and the Internet have created a perfect storm enabling radical new forms of business processes. This report explores the history of business process thinking, why business process modeling is so important, how to unify business process modeling (BPM) and SOA, and how to create business process solutions that are both innovative and adaptable.
 

This report will also provide you with six evaluation criteria to assess the strengths and weaknesses of business process management suite vendors, and help you avoid falling into the trap of thinking there is only one right business process solution.

Finally, you'll explore common business process management misconceptions, and get steps that will lead you toward success, including better understanding your business imperatives before choosing a business process management solution, identifying mandatory and desired capabilities, establishing satisfaction criteria, benchmarking potential solutions, and choosing the right tool for your organization.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Business Process Modeling Fundamentals by Ken Orr.

Chapter 2: Integrating BPM and SOA: The Emerging Role of OMG and MDA by Michael K. Guttman and John H. Parodi.

Chapter 3: The Key to SOA Governance: Understanding the Essence of Business by Keith Swenson.

Chapter 4: Business Process Management: A Broken Promise or the Building Blocks of Modern Enterprise Architecture Introduction by Bartosz Kiepuszewski Sections:

a. Enterprise Architecture: Business Process Management, SOA and MDSD by Michael Hartges, Dirk Krafzig, Michael Kunz, Florian MAsch, Dirk Slama, and Thomas Stahl.

b. Adaptive Process Management Architecture: Enabling Enterprise Innovation by Borys Stokalski and Marcin Strozanski.

c. Is Business Process Management Ready for Prime Time Lessons from a Proof of Concept by Olivier Brousseau.

d. Business Process Management: Defining the Basics for Success by Mark Fung-A-Fat.

e. All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Selecting the Right Tool for Your Business Process Management Needs by Nick Russell, Wil M.P. van der Aalst, and Arthur H.M. ter Hofstede.

Chapter 5: Business Modeling and Analytics by Brian J. Dooley.

Sidestep the confusion created by modeling convergence, as process models are merged with models created to chart data for software development and again with analytic models used to predict outcomes of processes under a given set of conditions.

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SOURCE: Research and Markets