Questioning BPM?

Another book on BPM? Howard Smith, coauthor of the seminal book Business Process Management: The Third Wave, says "Yes! Because it is important to hear the distinct perspectives of experts and users as the field matures. This book has given us a feast of reading and much to absorb."

The editors invited process practitioners, vendors, authors, academics and consultants from around the world to answer our 15 key questions. They responded magnificently with 109 answers. We have answers from 33 thought leaders from across the spectrum of process views and approaches.

Today, we know three things about BPM. First, there are always new people asking the same questions others before them have asked. Second, no answers fit all situations, because people from different organizations with different needs have different perspectives. And, finally, the answers keep changing as technology, circumstances, and the things that people seek to do, change as well.

This book will make you think. Answers to the same question will be different, often very different, and occasionally they are quite contradictory. In this book, you will not find a definitive, one best answer. You will find different answers argued convincingly by people who believe passionately in their particular BPM worldview. Each of us needs to make our own choices and determine our own answers.

Contributors:

DR. ROGER M. ADDISON
DR. AHMAD ALIBABAEI
TALAL ALSUBAIE
DR. WASANA BANDARA
JIM BOOTS
ROGER BURLTON
INDRAJIT DATTA CHAUDHURI
FRED A. CUMMINS
GABY DOEBELI
MELISSA DOHERTY
PROF. PETER FINGAR
DENIS GAGNÉ
IAN GOTTS
CAROL HAIG
ANDREAS HAVLIZA
ERIC HERNESS
CLEMENT HURPIN
LEANDRO JESUS
PETER MATTHIJSSEN
MATTHEW MORGAN
GILLES MORIN
CHRIS POTTS
ALAN RAMIAS
PROF. MICHAEL ROSEMANN
RON ROSS
PHIL SHORT
ANDREW SPANYI
JAMES TAYLOR
PROF. WIL VAN DER AALST
PROF. JAN VOM BROCKE
DR. STEPHEN A. WHITE
PAUL HARMON
ROGER TREGEAR