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BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT
Business Process Management
Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations
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Second Edition

By
John Jeston, manages his own internationally based consultancy, Management by Process Pty Ltd, specialising in training and selected process service offerings.
Johan Nelis, Founding member and Vice Chairman of the Dutch Business Process Management Forum; Coordinator for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization; Business Process Management Consultant.

Description
Business Process Management: Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations provides organizational leadership with an understanding of Business Process Management and its benefits to an organization. This is an easy-to-use, easy-to-read guide that provides a practical framework, complete with a set of tools and techniques, to successfully implement Business Process Management projects. In addition, it features vital organizational perspectives that not only provide an overall view of BPM and the move towards a process-centric organization, but also reveal how to embed BPM within an organization to ensure a continuous business process improvement culture.

Audience
Business Process Managers and Analysts, Project Managers, Operations Managers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Technical Officers Supplementary text, post graduate level, for business courses (not IT courses) on process management, MBA, Management of Information Systems, Project Management

Contents
Introduction; Part I Frequently asked questions; How to demystify BPM; What is Business Process Management(BPM)? Why is it important to improve business processes before automating them?; When should you do BPM? What are the main drivers and triggers?; Who should be involved in BPM?; Why are organizational strategy and process architecture important in a BPM implementation?; How do you sell BPM technology to the organization?: What are the critical success factors in a BPM project?; What are the critical implementation aspects of a BPM solution?; Why do you need a structured approach to implementing BPM?; Part II The Framework; Chapter 11 Framework overview; Guidelines of how to use the Framework; Organization Strategy phase; Process Architecture phase; Launch Pad phase; Understand phase; Innovate phase; People phase; Develop phase; Implement phase; Realize Value phase; Sustainable Performance phase; Essentials Introduction; Project Management; People Change Management; Leadership; Part III BPM and the organization; BPM Maturity; Embedding BPM within the organization; Part IV Appendices?tools and techniques; Appendices; Bibliography

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 504 pages, publication date: JAN-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8656-3
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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