October 1, 2004
Articles
The First Word: Mission Critical, Mission Accomplished
Anticipating and understanding trends is a necessary skill for success in business. When Business Performance Management magazine was launched early last...
Sarbanes-Oxley and BPM: Selecting Software That Will Enhance Compliance
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) went into effect in July 2002; since then, it has had a far-reaching and complex impact on the financial reporting of U.S.-based...
Overcoming the "Fiefdom Syndrome": Conquering Office Politics
Recently, on an airplane returning home to Seattle from a consulting job with a large corporation, I realized that, once again, I was seeing the same...
The Last Word
When business performance management (BPM) software vendors claim to offer customers a single version of the truth, one question comes to mind: Um, yes,...