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Lynn Haber Published: 03 Dec 2012
Strategic ways to use mobility and BPM integration for a competitive edge

This article is part of the June 2012, Iss. 3 issue of Strategic ways to use mobility and BPM integration for a competitive edge

Mobile BPM Offers businesses the opportunity to not only improve and streamline processes but make them more portable as well. While that’s a desirable outcome, it presents BPM specialists with new challenges. Processes designed for yesterday’s computing paradigm aren’t likely to fit well into a mobile enterprise. “Companies have to evaluate whether existing processes and apps are applicable going forward,” said Maribel Lopez, principal analyst at Lopez Research, a research and consulting firm that specializes in mobile issues. And, of course, mobile BPM isn’t about mobilizing applications. It’s about mobilizing processes, including assessing what information is deliverable on mobile devices. Integration considerations for mobile BPM In terms of process integration, BPM specialists should first think about what mobile offers that wasn’t available before. That might include incorporating common mobile features such as the following: Touch interfaces Location and mapping capability Social media, activity and collaboration feeds Alerts Text, camera and video ... Access >>>

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    • Going mobile: A portable approach to process improvement by Lynn Haber

      Mobile computing is poised to enable radical transformation in just about every aspect of business, and BPM programs are no exception. But reaping mobile’s many benefits requires a solid strategy.

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      Today’s on-the-move workers expect constant, reliable mobile capability. Meanwhile, executives still want business value. The good news: It’s possible to create an architecture that meets both demands.

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