http://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/weblogs.sdn?blog=/pub/u/251903803 SAP Developer Network SAP Weblogs by Greg Chase © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP.com en-us http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/16339 Lessons We Should Learn from in First Iteration of #BPXSlam09 Thinking back to the BPX Process Design Slam event at SAP TechEd 2009 in Phoenix, I immediately start envisioning overused clichés for high tech projects. (Maybe there should be similar visuals for conducting one’s own project post-mortem as well, but I digress…) Let me add to the list of clichés by suggesting: just like a golf swing, the follow through for a scrum is as important as the rest of the project. As a team lead and one of the event organizers working with Marilyn Pratt, here are my own observations about how we should improve the next iteration of BPXSlam09 at SAP TechEd 2009 in Vienna. Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Community Projects, SAP TechEd en-us 2009-10-18T11:30-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/16192 The tooling and development techniques are only about 25% of the story for BPM. There are other questions that your company needs to be able to answer for your clients to truly bring BPM-solutions and a BPM consulting practice to market. Here are six can't-miss expert sessions at SAP TechEd Phoenix that will help you answer some of the questions I raised. Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Partnership, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd en-us 2009-10-08T17:49-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/14455 Early returns of customer and partners involved with BPM show cross industry appeal, customers who think BPM is more of an IT approach while partners feel management should be just as involved, and a significant emphasis on process performance measurement. Particpate in wave 2 of the survey and have a chance to win a free book: Business Process Management - The SAP Roadmap. :https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Y11l8ClXMI7KFWHRSaXSag_3d_3d Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), SAP NetWeaver Platform en-us 2009-05-26T17:24-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/14288 Recent analyst reports show declining IT consulting service revenue overall, but resiliancy in the part of BPM Projects. The reason for this is that BPM projects are management initiatives, not IT initiatives, that can be executed with rapid ROI and linked to clear business improvements. To help SAP services partners build their BPM practices, SAP PartnerEdge is launching a BPM Consultants Initiative on May 20, 2008. To learn more, register for the webinar featuring Ann Rosenberg, SAP BPM Global Practice Head, and Greg Chase, Director Platform Marketing: http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700000462952009E Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Organizational Change Management en-us 2009-05-11T17:20-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/14138 Recording for replay of open phone conference for the BPM Consultants SIG with Patrik Fiegl and Caspar Laar discussing how SAP Service Partners in BPM consulting should get their customers off to the right start. Also announcing May's webinar, "Update on market outlook for BPM consulting with Greg Chase and Ann Rosenberg." At this call, we will be launching a new BPM Consulting Initiative on PartnerEdge. Sign up for the webinar: http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700000462952009E Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), EcoHub, Organizational Change Management, Professional Services, Service-Oriented Architecture, Webinars en-us 2009-04-29T14:40-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/13897 In preparation for their open phone conference on April 15, 8AM, Greg Chase of SAP interviews Patrik Fiegl, SAP Business Transformation Consultant and Caspar Laar, Solution Architect with NL 4 Business. Topics: What are common misconceptions that customers have about Business Process Management. And, what are the different characteristics of IT-led versus management led BPM initiatives? Register for phone conference: https://sap.webex.com/sap/j.php?ED=96999022&RG=1 Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Composition Environment (CE) en-us 2009-04-08T00:07-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/13690 Consider the case of global consumer product companies that launch hundreds of different products and variations each year. "Product Launch & Re-Launch" is a strategic capability for these companies for fostering innovation and introducing new products to market quickly. Greg Chase of SAP interviews Arunkumar KS of Unilever India and Liladhar Bagad of Intelligroup about their upcoming webinar on April 2, 9AM Pacific: http://tinyurl.com/d9nl97 Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Consumer Products, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Webinars en-us 2009-03-24T14:53-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/13605 How punny are you? Can you make up an original joke about Business Process Experts? Post your suggestion to the comments in this blog, or send it to Greg Chase by March 31. Winners recieve bragging rights as being the wittiest BPXer. Greg Chase Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management en-us 2009-03-17T15:27-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/13567 This is a recording of a recent 1 hour webinar with Business Transformation Consultant Ann Rosenberg, Global Practice Head for Business Process Management at SAP. In this economic climate of shrinking IT spending, Business Process Management (BPM) programs are a bright spot that is showing significant growth. BPM Consulting is a different kind of practice than traditional SOA implementation. It places emphasis on management consulting rather than traditional IT architecture and development. SAP Partners will need to enhance the services they provide to include business consulting skills in order to take advantage of this growing opportunity. Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), SAP Solution Manager, Service-Oriented Architecture, Webinars en-us 2009-03-15T09:43-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/13462 6 Minute's with Ann Rosenberg, SAP's Global Head of Business Process Management Consulting Practice, part of Business Transformation Consulting talks about business opportunities for SAP Partners in BPM consulting. Interviewed by Greg Chase, Director of Platform Marketing at SAP. Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Business Suite 7, Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Performance Management, Organizational Change Management, Professional Services, SAP Solution Manager, Service-Oriented Architecture en-us 2009-03-08T22:50-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/13424 Business process management programs are proving to be resilient while other IT projects are subject to cuts. A window has opened for SAP Partners in BPM consulting as a result of new SAP offerings. Be warned, however that BPM consulting is a different kind of business from traditional SOA application development. Special webinar about how SAP partners can develop their own successful BPM practicesnext Wednesday, March 11 at 11AM Eastern / 8AM Pacific featuring Ann Rosenberg. Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Business Solutions, Business Suite 7, Composition Environment (CE), Enhancement Packages, Enterprise Service Community, Organizational Change Management, Professional Services, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Webinars en-us 2009-03-04T13:19-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/12709 This article shares some of our early experience with customers that show common use cases for business process composition. Updated to cross post with other relevant content about use cases & scenarios. Greg Chase Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture en-us 2009-01-05T23:08-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2009 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/12506 At TechEd Las Vegas and Berlin, I conducted a survey and interviews with attendees regarding usage of ABAP, Java, most popular tools, adoption of SOA, and general conceptions about composition. I'd like to share some results results from the survey. Greg Chase ABAP, Application Server, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Portal (EP), Enterprise Service Community, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, JavaScript, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture, Visual Composer, Web Dynpro en-us 2008-12-17T17:56-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2008 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/10774 Just a reminder that the deadline to submit an entry to win tickets to TechEd Berlin is Sept 5. If you have questions, or need an upload link for the contest, send an email to me: greg.chase@sap.com For more information: Read the Top Composite Competition announcement. Read the competition rules and procedure to enter. Greg Chase Application Server, Composition Environment (CE), Service-Oriented Architecture, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Web Dynpro en-us 2008-08-26T14:44-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2008 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP http://weblogs.sdn.sap.com/pub/wlg/10612 Congratulations to Trish and Thomas from Cardinal Health who won two free tickets to Las Vegas Tech Ed for their Top Composite. Greg Chase Application Server, Composition Environment (CE), Service-Oriented Architecture, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Visual Composer, Web Dynpro en-us 2008-08-12T16:15-08:00 text/html © Copyright 2008 SAP. All rights reserved. SAP