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What’s New V5.4

Sabarish — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:16:00 +0000

The new version of PRPC v5.4 is just round the corner, and is loaded with exciting new features. Some of the new features are very impressive and immediately usable User Interface related List to List Control Copy items from one …

BPM Software shoot-out

Sabarish — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:46:00 +0000

The question on Slashdot was actually “Do You Like Your Workflow or BPM Software?“. The questioner was interested in “firsthand experiences with these kinds of products and in unbiased reviews” and requested information on following products: JBoss jBPM & Rules …

Apache ODE

Sabarish — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:13:00 +0000

Apache ODE, as in “Apache Orchestration Director Engine” (wow thats a mouthful), is a Top Level Project under the aegis of the Apache Software Foundation. The stated objective of the ODE is “to create a reliable, compact, and embeddable component …

Six Myths of Rules and Business Process Management

Sabarish — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:18:00 +0000

One of BPM’s early pioneers, Dr. Setrag Khoshafian, Vice President of BPM Technology at Pegasystems (previously Senior Vice President of Technology with Savvion), surely knows a thing or two about BPMS. In this short and interesting white paper he diffuses …

Managing Requirements

Sabarish — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:31:00 +0000

FACT #1: The Standish Group’s 1994 Chaos Report found that the top three project impairment factors across 352 companies and 8,000 projects were Lack of user input (12.8% of respondents), Incomplete requirements and specifications (12.3%), and Changing requirements and specifications …

The Problem with Pega…

Sabarish — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:52:00 +0000

In a seemingly innocuous note softly tucked away in a comparative discussion on Human-Centric Business Process Management Suites, analyst Connie Moore makes a this poignant and quietly thought provoking observation: most buyers consider Pegasystems a high-end business rules vendor with …

Human-Centric Business Process Management

Sabarish — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:32:00 +0000

Analyst Connie Moore devours 12 BPMS vendors across 215 criteria to understand the renewed trend towards Human-Centric business processes. She segregates Business processes today into 4 major groupings: Integration intensive Order fulfillment, HIPAA transactions, Supply chain mgmt People intensive Employee …