Paul Harmon

The Agile approach opposes the formal process methodologies that put more emphasis on developing an architecture and surveying an organization. The main driver for this change is the growing role that transformative technologies are playing in our organizations. In this first Column on an agile BPM approach, Paul addresses one issue: identifying the opportunity to be addressed by the new technology.

In this Column, Paul discusses the decline in Conferences focused on BPM which he attributes to the idea that “we are currently in a lull, waiting for some new development to put fresh wind in the process sails.” He provides commentary on the fall 2017 conferences and looks forward with great enthusiasm to spring 2018 conferences.

Paul predicts that every company is going to be engaged in constant redesign and transformation within the next few years. He suggests that business change practitioners need an agile methodology to accommodate the ongoing need for change. Let us know your thoughts on Paul’s predictions.

The need for Robotic Process Automation occurs when employees routinely need to work with two or more existing applications and transfer data between them. Read Paul’s Column on why RPA is increasingly becoming a solution to consider.

Paul reflects on what Michael Porter meant when he described a value chain in 1985 and compares it to how the definition has changed over the years using Amazon and Uber as contemporary examples.

Paul Harmon says that “Words decay with use.” In his Column this month he explores the various definitions of Business Architecture that have evolved over the years.

This month Paul continues his discussion of Digital Transformation. In this Column, Paul draws a distinction between Digital Transformations that are, in fact, redesigns, and those that really involve creating a new process from scratch.

In this Column, Paul discusses the impact of the digital transformation on BPM. He urges business process analysts and developers to rethink how their organizations’ work and to develop the new kinds of digital systems and infrastructure needed to survive in the near future.