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Craig from The Process Ninja reminded me about the many BPM groups on LinkedIn which I had neglected to mention. This is probably because I agree with Craig’s analysis that the response rates to questions in the groups is low, mainly because there is not the same rigor and reward around questions in groups as there is in the Q&A section.

The BPM groups on LinkedIn are a good way to associate with like minded LinkedIn members or make contacts and share information about BPM. You can have a regular e-mail sent to you with a summary of new discussions in each group, I find I can quickly scan the e-mail for interesting content and then go to the group directly if I find something worthwhile.

You can see the groups that I am a member of by opening my LinkedIn Profile.  Some of the interesting groups are;

BPM Australia – Small group, not much discussion, good for finding local (to me) connections.

BPM Group – Mainly international job ads.

BPM Guru – Fair bit of Q&A, quite interesting.

Business Process Professionals – Quite good Q&A, good links to resources.

Lean Enterprise Australian and New Zealand – Reasonably new group with lots of activity and interesting people discussing Lean.

LinkedBPM – Another BPM Group

There are many others that I have not mentioned or joined, this is mainly because a fair amount of the discussion is repeated across the groups. I find this collection gives me more than enough to be interested and informed.

The Question and Answer section is quite simple, you post a question and anyone can provide you with answers. If you are lucky and you have written an interesting question, you will get lots of answers.  After you have received your answers you can also choose the person who gave you the best answer, they are then credited on their profile as being a bit of an expert on the topic!

The first thing I noticed when looking at the Q & A section was that there was no category relating to Business Process Management, or anything similar. The closest match I could find was, “Business Analytics”.  However, I did get some good responses to my questions.

The best way to use the Q&A section is to get in and answer some questions. So go on – give it a go!

I will be featuring a review of the answers to questions I ask on the blog.  If there is a particular topics that you are interested in asking about (and don’t want to do it yourself), add a comment here and I’ll post it up.

If you are interested in learning more about using LinkedIn, I recommend listening to Stan Relihan‘s podcast, The Connections Show.  Stan covers a range of practical topics on using LinkedIn for business and networking – as well as other interesting internet and business related areas. A great listen!

“Craig, what do you do?”, for which the answer is;

“I’m a Process Improvement Specialist”.

This is usually followed by a long pause, and then the inevitable, “What do they do?”

This is where I get to test my companions patience as I explain the various facets of Process Improvement and Business Process Management and how my role can be involved in improving the steps of a process all the way to leading organisational strategy.

Therefore the objective of this, and subsequent communications, is to better understand the roles around Business Process Management and allow me to better answer the above question and be invited back to more social gatherings.

So, how am I going to do this?

Well, I am glad you asked. The objectives of this site will be;

* To present commentary on BPM subjects that promote others to think and comment.
* To provide a summary of resources across the web, sites, blogs, articles, tools, groups and conferences.
* To link people who are thinkers in the field.

So, what are you going to do?

Join in!  Provide feedback, share your thoughts, comment, discuss or even write your own article – I’m more than happy to share all views!

If all goes well, I am also planning to produce a BPM Podcast series, interviewing leaders in the field to cover the topics that we are all interested in. If you would be interested in the podcast, let me know, especially if you have a suggestion for people to interview.

On with the show, as I get researching and writing, let me know about yourself

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