Bussiness Proccess Management Scope

by ifarobi · March 10, 2015

Terminology Meaning

business is individuals, interacting, together, to perform a set of activities to deliver value to customers and a return on investment to the stakeholders (exchanging)
business can be anything, business its not about selling.
a process is a set of activities or behaviors performed by humans or machines to achieve one or more goal
business process management is a discipline approach to identify, design, execute, document, monitor, and control both automated and non-automated business processes to achieve consistent, targeted results aligned with an organization’s strategic goals

BPM SCOPE

BPM is both a management discipline and a set of technologies that supports managing bby process
A convergence of technologies for workflow, enterprise application integration(EAI), document and content management, performance management and analytics among other have been brought to bear with a focus on supporting process based management.

Business Process Management Areas

Knowledge Areas

BPM knowledge area focuses on the core concepts of BPM, such as key definitions, end-to-end process.
Process Modeling includes a critical set of skills and processes which enable people to understand, communicate, measure, and manage the primary components of business processes.
Process analysis involves an understanding of business processes, including the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes.
Process design involves creating the specifications for business processes within the context of business goal and process performance objectives
Process performance measurement is the formal planned monitoring of process execution and the tracking of results to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the process
BPM is technology enabled and supported management discipline
Process transformation addresses process change. Process changes are discussed in the context of a business process lifecycle.
Enterprise process management is driven by the need to maximize the results of business processes consistent with well-defined business strategies and functional goals based on these strategies

BPM

First and foremost, BPM is a management discipline and process for managing an organization’s business processes.
Enabling technology is meaningless without the management disciplines and processes for exploiting the technology; the tools for managing an organization’s business processes.
BPM involves managing the end-to-end work organizations perform to create value for their customers. The performance of this work is essentially how organizations fulfill their mission.