Process On The Web
February 20th, 2010
| Communities | Conferences | Consultants and Vendors |
| Frameworks and Standards | Podcasts | Process Blogs |
| Process Tools (Free) | Process Websites | Professional Associations |
Communities
- BPM Collaboration Australian BPM community site to collaborate on BPM knowledge and experience.
- BPM Consortium US BPM Community ran by the Object Management Group
- BPMLink Usergroup Forums Popular BPM related usergroup forums held regularly worldwide. I attend the Adelaide forum when possible.
- QUT BPM Group Research group out of QUT led by Michael Rosemann - excellent source for interesting articles
Conferences
- Leonardo Consulting & ProcessDays Excellent Australian Process Management consulting and education company, host ProcessDays - best Australian BPM conference.
- Process Excellence Sumit & Awardsz` IQPC Process Conference in April 2009
Consultants and Vendors
- ActiveVOS BPMS Developer focused standards based BPMS
- Appian Appian BPM software - also have links to good BPM resources
- BPGroup.org Business Process Professional Training and Affiliates group
- BPM Essentials BPM & BPMN on-line training
- BPM Focus BPM consulting network and training provider founded by Derek Miers
- BPM Partners Global BPM Consulting and Research
- Bright Green Projects On-line tool for management of Business Requirements and other project information
- Exigen Group Provider of BPM related solutions and integration services.
- http://www.improving-bpm-systems.com/ Consultant and author site with book and resources by Alexander Samarin
- Imre Hegedus Consulting Imre is a leading BPM consultant in Australia as well leader of the BPTrends Forums
- Intalio Company Blog Up to date information about Intalio BPMS and company activities
- Interface Consultants SA Kim Thorpe is an excellent consultant in the areas of change, communication, analysis and strategy. Highly recommend his work.
- Leonardo Consulting & ProcessDays Excellent Australian Process Management consulting and education company, host ProcessDays - best Australian BPM conference.
- Management by Process Consulting / Training on BPM lead by John Jeston
- MessageXchange - Online BPM Software as a Service B2B solution - with some interesting BPM ideas
- Open Source Six Sigma Provide Six Sigma trianing materials that can be used for certification or teaching
- Process Renewal Group Roger Burlton - a leading BPM thinker and author.
- The Insider's Guide to BPM - 7 Steps to Process Mastery About Terry Schurter & Peter Finagr's book and master classes on BPM
- The Process Factory BPM and Mash applications in the cloud!
Frameworks and Standards
- IT Process Maps Supplies an ITIL reference model in various formats and reference information including an ITIL process Wiki
- OMG Business Process Specifications (including BPMN and UML) OMG standards cover a range of disciplins, most noteably the BPMN modelling standard and UML for modelling system requirements
- SAP BPM Methodology SAP's BPM Methodology in the SAP BPX community site
- tmforum - Business Process Framework (eTOM) tmforum have a number of different framework for Business Process, Solutions and Applications
- TOGAF Enterprise Architecture framework from Opengroup.org Open framework for understanding and implementing Enterprise Architectures
Podcasts
- Lean Blog & Podcast Great Blog and Podcast on Lean principles.
- Six Sigma & Process Excellence Podcast Regular podcast about Six Sigma by IQPC
- The Connections Show Excellent Podcast on LinkedIn, Business Networking and Business use of the Internet
- VOSibilities Podcast about ActiveVOS BPMS incorporating CTO Tuesdays about more general BPM/SOA topics
Process Blogs
- ARIS Community - BPM Blog Although a vendor driven blog, very good content about BPM - including ARIS TV with the slogon "We Love BPM"
- Blog: Craig Schiff Craig's blog on BPM from the Business Intelligence Network site - Director of BPM Partners
- Bouncing Thoughts BPM and IT Blog
- BPGroup.org BPCommunity Blog Business Process community blog by Steve Towers
- BPM Blog Aggregation by Denis Gagne A very good aggregation of different BPM Blogs on 1 page.
- BPM Focus Blog BPM Focus Blog by Derek Miers
- BPM from a Business Point of View Blog EbizQ blog about BPM
- BPM in Action Blog EbizQ Blog about BPM
- BPM Insights Blog BPM Blog with great information about trends and tools
- BPM Research - Standards, Research and Innovation Michael zur Muehlen BPM Blog - High quantity and quality of BPM content
- BPMBlogs - Twitter Twitter account that Tweets the entries from the amalgamated BPM Blogs listing.
- BPMBlogs - Yahoo Pipes Amalgamated List
An amalgamated list of BPM Blogs postings from across the web.
- BPMS Watch Bruce Silver's blog on BPM technology
- BP^3 BPM Blog BP^3 a Business Process Company
- Column 2 BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and Technology Trends Blog by Sandy Kemsley
- ELO Group BPM PageFlakes Web site aggregator covering many BPM sites and blogs
- Jim Sinur Gartner Network Blog Gartner Blog on BPM
- Kiran Garimella's BPM Blog VP at Webmethods, has interesting views and a great book
- Lean Blog & Podcast Great Blog and Podcast on Lean principles.
- Lean Insider Blog From the Productivity Press website
- Learning about Lean Practical Lean blog that has been around since 2002
- Process Developments Blog Blog about JBoss jBPM by Tom Baeyens
- Questetra BPM Suite Web based BPM Suite, free version for 10 processes on a web server or subscribe to use internet based version.
- Richard Durnall Agile and Lean Development blog
- The Process Cafe Great Process Management blog, and Gary has written a very interesting book on Process Projects.
- The Process Ninja Craig in Sydney with a very "real world" look at Process Improvement activities.
Process Tools (Free)
- ADONIS:Community Edition Free BPM modelling, documentation, analysis and simulation tool by BOC Group
- ARIS Express Free Business Process Modelling software from IDS Scheer
- Barium Live Process as a Service site with a Free account access level
- BizAgi Process Modeller BizAgi (Business Agility) BPM Suite with Freeware Process Modelling tool
- Intalio BPMS An online process modeling tool that actually runs processes, and an Open Source BPMS that supports the very latest industry standards.
- Interfacing Free Vision BPMN Modeler Free Visio BPMN modeler
- ITP Commerce BPMN Visio plug-in BPMN standard plug-in for Vision with Free Process Modeller
- MessageXchange by eVision B2B message and workflow web service with Free developer and low volume access
- Open ModelSphere Grandite's Free Business Data and Process Modeling, Software Re-engineering and UML Tools
- Processmaker Open Source BPM and Workflow Open Source BPM solution with supported Enterprise Edition
- Questetra BPM Suite Web based BPM Suite, free version for 10 processes on a web server or subscribe to use internet based version.
- TIBCO Business Studio TIBCO Free Business Modelling software
- Visual Paradigm for UML UML tool with Free Community Edition
- Visual Paradigm – Smart Development Environment UML modelling tool with Free Community Edition
Process Websites
- AlignSpace Beta Social Networking site promoting collaborative Business Process Improvement
- BPM Institute "A Peer to Peer Exchange for BPM Professionals" - with a training focus
- BPTrends Business Process Trends provides education and support through high quality articles and columns.
- Innov8 2.0 - BPM Simulation Game IBM's BPM Simulation game
Professional Associations
- Association of Business Process Management Professionals BPM professional association with chapters mainly in the US and a Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK)
- Australian Business Analysis Association ABAA is for Business Analysts to share best practices, including a very good competency framework.
- Australian Computer Society (ACS) ACS provides excellent resources for IT Professionals - specifically in Adelaide I attend a number of regular forums on Project Management and Architecture.
- International Association of Business Process Management International coming together of various BPM associations
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