Comments on: BPM templates http://www.column2.com/2005/08/bpm-templates/ BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and technology trends in business. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sandy http://www.column2.com/2005/08/bpm-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-16 sandy Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:51:00 +0000 http://blog.kemsleydesign.com/2005/08/bpm-templates/#comment-16 Hey, I used to have one of those plastic flowchart templates! Thanks for that nostalgic reminder. To be honest, I often flowchart on paper as a first draft, although I free-hand the shapes these days. :) I had the feeling that the Delphi survey respondants liked the idea of templates as a way to kick-start their deployments, but wouldn't use them in the absence of their own process analysis and design. About half of the "yes" camp actually responded "yes, if the templates are suitably customizable", implying that they'd just use the templates as a starting point, not as a replacement for thinking. Hey, I used to have one of those plastic flowchart templates! Thanks for that nostalgic reminder. To be honest, I often flowchart on paper as a first draft, although I free-hand the shapes these days. :)
I had the feeling that the Delphi survey respondants liked the idea of templates as a way to kick-start their deployments, but wouldn’t use them in the absence of their own process analysis and design. About half of the “yes” camp actually responded “yes, if the templates are suitably customizable”, implying that they’d just use the templates as a starting point, not as a replacement for thinking.

]]> By: Ethan http://www.column2.com/2005/08/bpm-templates/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Ethan Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:12:00 +0000 http://blog.kemsleydesign.com/2005/08/bpm-templates/#comment-15 I understand the siren call of "templates", and in light of say, Deming's insistence on standardized work, templates can help make that a reality. However I'm firmly in the "maybe" camp, as I contend that regardless of how one opts to create and distribute process documents, the organization must be prepared and willing to revisit the chosen method and determine if it is meeting their particular needs, or if more attractive alternatives exist. I found a PDF recently that contained pictures of IBM's old flowchart templates (paper forms and a plastic overlay to manually draw each shape). It was probably a hit back in the day, but the limitations of that approach are painfully apparent, today. I understand the siren call of “templates”, and in light of say, Deming’s insistence on standardized work, templates can help make that a reality.

However I’m firmly in the “maybe” camp, as I contend that regardless of how one opts to create and distribute process documents, the organization must be prepared and willing to revisit the chosen method and determine if it is meeting their particular needs, or if more attractive alternatives exist.

I found a PDF recently that contained pictures of IBM’s old flowchart templates (paper forms and a plastic overlay to manually draw each shape). It was probably a hit back in the day, but the limitations of that approach are painfully apparent, today.

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