June 1, 2008
Redefining BPM: Why Results and Performance Must Be Separated
Many problems that plagued 20th-century businesses -- and continue to dog companies today -- are by-products of those businesses' lumping of the capital they utilize and the results they produce together as "performance" in their BPM. ...
Moving Strategy Forward: Merging the Balanced Scorecard and Business Intelligence
Even companies that embrace the Balanced Scorecard often take a backward approach to monitoring performance. Many organizations choose metrics based on how much effort data collection requires....
BPM 2.0: Taking a Page From Facebook
Performance management software has improved the data companies rely on in making management decisions. Now BPM is combining with Web 2.0 technologies to provide better decision support companywide....
Business Intelligence And Search: Why Their Futures Are Intertwined
Businesspeople want to access their company's BI data easily, then combine it with information stored in a slew of nondatabase formats. Search engines can make available all sorts of information in a way business users find intuitive....
Case in Point: Dashing to The Right Data
It's critical for Naval Surface Warfare Center managers to be able to quickly and easily see where actuals are meeting budget — and where variances demand immediate corrective action....
Case in Point: BPM Is Radiant in Solar Field
For GT Solar Inc., a producer of capital equipment used in the manufacture of solar-energy technologies, an Excel-based planning and budgeting process did a poor job of supporting management decisions. ...
The Wisdom Of the Cowed
Finance professionals get about as excited as finance professionals can get when they consider the potential that is supposedly inherent in new Web-based technologies that allow people to interact in ways never before possible....