Comments on: HandySoft BizFlow BPM http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/ BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and technology trends in business. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: HandySoft Process Intelligence and User Experience http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-18192 HandySoft Process Intelligence and User Experience Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:32:49 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-18192 [...] environment. Although these don’t show off the core BPM capabilities in their product suite (which I reviewed in late 2009), these are two well-integrated tools that allow for easy building of reports and applications [...] [...] environment. Although these don’t show off the core BPM capabilities in their product suite (which I reviewed in late 2009), these are two well-integrated tools that allow for easy building of reports and applications [...]

]]> By: Column 2 : HandySoft Process Intelligence and User Experience http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-18191 Column 2 : HandySoft Process Intelligence and User Experience Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:44:19 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-18191 [...] environment. Although these don’t show off the core BPM capabilities in their product suite (which I reviewed in late 2009), these are two well-integrated tools that allow for easy building of reports and applications [...] [...] environment. Although these don’t show off the core BPM capabilities in their product suite (which I reviewed in late 2009), these are two well-integrated tools that allow for easy building of reports and applications [...]

]]> By: BPM Frontier: Dynamic Processes - Process Is The Main Thing http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-12981 BPM Frontier: Dynamic Processes - Process Is The Main Thing Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:34:47 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-12981 [...] HandySoft, ActionBase and other vendors claim dynamic processes support in the latest versions of their products. [...] [...] HandySoft, ActionBase and other vendors claim dynamic processes support in the latest versions of their products. [...]

]]> By: Sandy Kemsley http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-12286 Sandy Kemsley Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:25:07 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-12286 Hi Anatoly -- I believe that it can, but let me ping Garth and see if he has a more definitive answer. Hi Anatoly — I believe that it can, but let me ping Garth and see if he has a more definitive answer.

]]> By: Anatoly Belychook http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-12281 Anatoly Belychook Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:00:13 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-12281 Sandy I've got a meeting with a prospect just few days ago. It was a lawyer firm with a core process that should track customer's case. It seems that the situation there is opposite to yours: unstructured process on the top - the case itself - and well-defined processlets spawned by and controlled from the top. It's simply impossible to draw the process map for the whole case because the situation may change dramatically after every move of any party. Yet the actions taken on each step are choosen from more or less stable palette and most actions follow certain well-defined templates. Do you think BizFlow is able to support such reverse scheme as well? Thanks Sandy
I’ve got a meeting with a prospect just few days ago. It was a lawyer firm with a core process that should track customer’s case. It seems that the situation there is opposite to yours: unstructured process on the top – the case itself – and well-defined processlets spawned by and controlled from the top.
It’s simply impossible to draw the process map for the whole case because the situation may change dramatically after every move of any party. Yet the actions taken on each step are choosen from more or less stable palette and most actions follow certain well-defined templates.
Do you think BizFlow is able to support such reverse scheme as well?
Thanks

]]> By: links for 2009-09-21 « steinarcarlsen http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-12236 links for 2009-09-21 « steinarcarlsen Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:03:52 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-12236 [...] Column 2 : HandySoft BizFlow BPM (tags: bpm case_management flexible_process_support) [...] [...] Column 2 : HandySoft BizFlow BPM (tags: bpm case_management flexible_process_support) [...]

]]> By: Sandy Kemsley http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-12232 Sandy Kemsley Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:47:49 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-12232 Hi Scott, thanks for your comments. HandySoft certainly has a strong offering in this area, also ActionBase (which I reviewed <a href="http://www.column2.com/2009/02/actionbase-adds-structure-to-email-based-processes/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Also, in the <a href="http://www.column2.com/2009/03/webinar-dynamic-bpm-platforms/" rel="nofollow">webinar on dynamic BPM</a>, Keith Swenson of Fujitsu said that they could do this in their product, although I haven't seen it. Would love to hear about others, this is definitely a growing area. Hi Scott, thanks for your comments. HandySoft certainly has a strong offering in this area, also ActionBase (which I reviewed here. Also, in the webinar on dynamic BPM, Keith Swenson of Fujitsu said that they could do this in their product, although I haven’t seen it. Would love to hear about others, this is definitely a growing area.

]]> By: Scott Francis http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/comment-page-1/#comment-12231 Scott Francis Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:36:48 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2009/09/handysoft-bizflow-bpm/#comment-12231 I like the idea of enabling users to initiate ad-hoc processes at a point in a structured process, *even if it wasn't designed in by the process modeler* - that's actually pretty useful. I can definitely imagine some top-down types not wanting to allow for that (picture more call-center-oriented situations or time-sensitive ones) but for a lot of processes this would allow you to "draw the line" at the point where the structured aspects are clear. Which tool(s) do you think offer the best unstructured process support - and by that, i mean user-initiated/defined processes, rather than processes defined centrally? I like the idea of enabling users to initiate ad-hoc processes at a point in a structured process, *even if it wasn’t designed in by the process modeler* – that’s actually pretty useful. I can definitely imagine some top-down types not wanting to allow for that (picture more call-center-oriented situations or time-sensitive ones) but for a lot of processes this would allow you to “draw the line” at the point where the structured aspects are clear.

Which tool(s) do you think offer the best unstructured process support – and by that, i mean user-initiated/defined processes, rather than processes defined centrally?

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