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Keith Swenson on the rapidly changing nature of BPM these days, especially with respect to two hot buttons: adaptive/unpredictable processes, and the value of BPMN.

Brenda Michelson on the importance of the release of Amazon's Simple
Notification Service: being able to send notifications from an app using a variety of protocols, at the heart of broad-based event processing.

A somewhat delayed reaction from Gartner to my post from a month ago, wherein I quote a recent comment of Janelle Hill's, and state that it "seemed to indicate that Gartner is bowing to pressure from platform vendors". Of course, they forgot to include the "seemed to indicate" part.

New book release: although Keith Swenson's name is on the cover and he was the ringleader, several other knowledgeable authors contributed to this book. I've just received a review copy, and the book is being launched this week at Process.gov.

Different ways to look at BPM and case management

Anatoly Belychook on how the role of measuring KPIs in BPM is overstated, and three cases where it's not even relevant.

Without question, case management is the flavor of the month; IBM gets into the fray with a new blog on case management (they're using the term "advanced" case management rather than the more common "adaptive" case management). Based on the contributors, it looks like IBM is positioning the FileNet Business Process Framework (a case management add-on to their BPM product) as their front-runner in this category.

This week is the deadline for submitting a proposal to present at OMG's Event Processing Symposium next month. Seems a bit late to still be solidifying the agenda, but this is your chance.

Comparing decision gateways in process models (stateful) versus rules (stateless).

Forrester has provided a number of videos on YouTube, including discussions between analysts and snippets of presentations from some of their conferences. Another great move for big analyst openness: providing free information without requiring registration.

Forrester analyst Clay Richardson starts to post his presentations on Slideshare, a great move towards more open access to information. The first two available are on social BPM and BPM suite market consolidation.

Process.gov, happening later this week, includes a track on adaptive case management, and the launch of Keith Swenson's book on the subject, "Mastering the Unpredictable".