Category Archives: Risk Analysis

Strategy-Building Using 3D Free-Form-Search Knowledgebases

Posted on 2021/12/11 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

Updated 2022-07-05 In a recent LinkedIn post, the founder of Architecture Thinking Association, Wolfgang Goebl, states that “Most IT landscapes of larger companies consist of hundreds of applications that are interconnected via poorly designed interfaces.” Note the two issues raised … Continue reading →

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How to Install BPM in a Corporation

Posted on 2019/10/15 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

It is difficult to recommend a “best” way to install BPM in a corporation. The approach needs to vary with the consultant, and vary with the client. One-size-fits-all, ends up predictably fitting none of the players. Photo Credit Jill Wellington … Continue reading →

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Corporate Agility – where the rubber meets the road . .

Posted on 2019/03/05 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

Corporate agility is essential today for building, sustaining and augmenting corporate strategy and for operational workflow/workload management  (i.e achieving operational efficiency & effectiveness). It seems today as a result of the persistence of BPM (Business Process Management) practitioners over 20 years,  … Continue reading →

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Augmenting Decision Support at Adaptive Case Management (ACM) Platforms

Posted on 2018/12/02 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

Traditional ACM(1) augments background BPM(2) decision-support at Cases via two methods : RALB(3), FOMM(4). Allowing Users to micro-schedule assigned tasks (RALB). Allowing Case Managers to periodically assess progress toward meeting Case goals and objectives (FOMM). Statistical Overlays Augmented decision support … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Strategic Decision Making

Posted on 2018/10/22 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

Much of what I read about “Business Management/Decision Making” seems to be written by folks who have little experience in business management. Business Management is all about Decision Making (but not only about decision making). The purpose of this article … Continue reading →

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How Low Can You Go? –  Part IV – Essentials for building, sustaining & improving corporate competitive advantage.

Posted on 2018/04/18 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

This article attempts to bridge the gap between operational methods such as ACM/BPM/CPM/RALB and FOMM and methods used to evolve business strategy.The mission of all strategic and operational initiatives is to build, sustain and augment competitive advantage. See “Theories of … Continue reading →

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How Low Can You Go?  – Part I

Posted on 2018/03/12 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

I’ve been following /participating in various recent BPM.com discussions relating to no-code/low-code. Lots of posturing by vendors and product champions re run-time platforms they are promoting or using as well as posturing re process mapping environments they are promoting / using. … Continue reading →

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Work, Workflow, Workload and BPM

Posted on 2018/03/05 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

Work as we know it today, is about to change. Most of us will soon have automobiles that drive themselves. 3-D printing already allows assemblies to be built that are not assemblies.  AI seems to be making a comeback and … Continue reading →

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Process Improvement – Under the Hood

Posted on 2018/02/25 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

Here’s the deal . . . You are in a corporation that 1) “thinks” BPM, 2) has mapped processes, 3) has a run-time workflow\workload Case platform, where Cases have declared objectives, 4) has non-subjective means of assessing progress toward meeting … Continue reading →

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Steering the ship – the new business management reality

Posted on 2016/11/29 by kwkeirstead@civerex.com

Increased global competition has more corporations chasing after the same opportunities. The impact on strategic planning has been a reduction from 5-year planning cycles, with annual reviews, to 18 month cycles, with quarterly reviews. The playing field has changed in … Continue reading →

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