More on Think Tank
My previous post just hit the low points. Sandy has a more complete writeup of the day's activities, which is mostly accurate. Kinda long, though, Sandy. Didn't have time to fin
Mom-Blogging
No I don't mean moblogging. More like "even my 79-year old Mom is into blogging." Not about BPM (that would be scary), but the more invigorating throw-da-bums-out-in-Washington variety. So over the weekend we both went to the YearlyKos convention in Las Vegas, where 1000 of the top political bloggers and their subscribers -- along with a surprising number of big-name politicians trying to grab …
New Poll on BPM Portals
I've been focusing a lot of my publishing and marketing -- monthly column, 2006 BPMS Report, BPMS training -- in the past year through BPM Institute, which is owned by Brainstorm, the conference group, and now I'm thinking about next year. Which BPM portal do you think has the widest reach, most interesting stuff, is best to deal with, etc? Take a minute to vote in the poll in the blog home page …
The Phony "War" Between BPM and SOA
Derek Miers called my attention over the weekend to two posts from the SOA blogosphere suggesting "bad blood" between BPM and SOA, framing it as the latest proxy war in an age-old struggle between business and IT. I suppose Derek, who doesn't blog himself (yet), wanted me to point out how ridiculous this is (or at least embarrass myself trying). Anyway, I'm taking the bait. The original cherry …
Think Tank Presos Available
Also summaries of the roundtables. Check out this from OMG.
Another View on BPEL4People
Richard Brown, an IBMer from across the pond, blogged recently about BPEL4People and took issue with my contention that it was too grandiose and after-the-fact to achieve wide adoption as a standard. He tracked back to my original post in February, saying I'm increasingly of the opinion that standardisation often occurs too soon and that major revisions are a reflection that the initial specs fail …
BPM as Anti-Pattern
As if we needed more evidence that BPM and SOA are uneasy allies, one of Steve Jones's SOA Anti-Patterns, widely praised in the blogs for their hilarious wit and insight, seems to me a perfect example of how some architects still view BPM's top-down approach as worst practice, not best. The "percolating process" anti-pattern is described this way:
Architecture for Dummies
Normally when the Ayn Rand references start flying, I head for cover. But since Phil Gilbert's rant on the futility of foisting an SOA primer on naive business managers tracked back to my post on what BPM on SOA would look like, I guess I'm obligated to say something. Phil's nominal beef is with the mere idea of a book called SOA for Dummies, which commits the sin (in his eyes) of equating SOA …
On a Reference Model for BPM 2.0
Ismael posts an interesting reader request on IT|Redux addressed, it seems, to both of us: Ismael, Bruce: Do you think maybe it?s time for experts such as yourselves to get together and establish a standard model for BPM 2.0 in simple, concise and hopefuly universally applicable terms that can be ported throughout various functions and industries? My work is in the supply chain arena, where about …
BPMS Watch Is Six Months Old
Today is the half-year anniversary of BPMS Watch, time to reflect on how it's gone, and where to go next.