Podcast: The Emergerce of the SAP BPM Skill Set
At SAP TechEd Phoenix, I was able to sit down with Greg Chase, and his colleague Patrik Fiegl. During this 19 minute podcast, we were able to examine the relevance of SAP BPM to today's project environments, and take a closer look at some of the skills that are needed as BPM intersects with IT. Jon Reed in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Careers, Professional Services, SAP TechEd [Nov. 12, 2009 09:19 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Be careful when using BRFplus to take actions
Don't use the action functionality of BRFplus when you are automating decision making. James Taylor in Business Rules Management [Nov. 06, 2009 10:53 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Data-driven rules
An answer to a reader's question about business rules James Taylor in Business Rules Management [Nov. 02, 2009 10:13 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

BPM in Ten Years? My Best Shot
At SAP TechEd 2009 Vienna, I met Chris Horak, who told me that he wondered what the future of Business Process Management might look like: “What will the successors of today’s BPM and ERP software in 10 or 15 years look like?” I took up the challenge and gave the matter some thought. Here's my best shot at it. Thorsten Franz in Beyond SAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Ranting, ERP, Emerging Technologies, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Universal Worklist [Oct. 31, 2009 04:15 PM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

Authorization in SAP Inbox for Substitution
Upon substitution, initiated by person going in leave or vacation, to person acting in his place through SAP inbox or UWL Package in Portal; selective authorization roles in initiator profile should be granted to the actor once the substitution activated, or deleted once the substation has been expired. Adel A. Abuhaimed in ABAP, Business Rules Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Security [Oct. 30, 2009 12:50 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Business rules on a full stomach
A response to some questions raised about business rules by Vijay Vijayasankar James Taylor in Business Process Management, Business Rules Management [Oct. 28, 2009 09:52 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

WWW = Way to a Wiser World!
Based on my search in the internet on the topic of Orgaanizational Wisdom I tend to form a view that the publication of these two books, one in 1998 and the other in 2007, the presentation by JPCarlisle in 2006 and many more resources in the web may be considered as an indication of the recent progress in the subject. The Chicago University's Arete Initiative and other initiatives by individuals reflected by the number of websites may certainly be taken to indicate the interest and concern with the subject. Hence we may reasonably conclude that the 'Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom' trajectory appears to be becoming an interesting area of study. This seems to give hope that IT would eventually help a wiser world dawn as a continuum of processing of data, information and knowledge so far. Anbazhagan Sam Venkatesan in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Sustainability [Oct. 28, 2009 07:33 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

The BPX Process Design Slam 2009
Short recap of a fun evening with great results at the BPX Process Design Slam 2009. tbroek in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Community Projects, SAP TechEd, Sustainability [Oct. 28, 2009 12:18 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

BPM/BRM on an empty stomach
My views on BPM/BRM. And hey BPX, did you use java.lang.string as the java type in your Enumeration type when you were creating business rules? Vijay Vijayasankar in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Business Solutions, CRM, ERP, Professional Services, SAP Business Workflow [Oct. 22, 2009 08:31 PM | 13 Comments | Permalink]

Process Design Slam 2009 on the way to Vienna
Summary of Process Design Slam 2009 Phoenix edition Krishna Moorthy P in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Community Projects, SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd, Sustainability, Utilities Industry [Oct. 22, 2009 05:04 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Usability tests for SAP's technology tools
SAP Usability Test Center, SAP User Experience, usability, SAP TechEd, SAP TechEd Vienna, UI design Martin Hofmann in Analytics, Universal Worklist, SAP TechEd, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Business Workflow, Product Lifecycle Management, Java Programming, Interoperability, Integration and Certification, Enterprise Portal (EP), Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Business Intelligence (BI), Beginner, Web Dynpro [Oct. 22, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Video Shoot: Ann Rosenberg on SAP BPM's Impact on Skills and Consulting
To get to the bottom of the impact of BPM on SAP's tools, skills, and consulting approaches, I managed to get the "Goddess of BPM," Ann Rosenberg, otherwise known as the Global Practice Owner for Business Process Management at SAP, to sit down for a live video shoot at SAP TechEd Phoenix. Jon Reed in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Integration and Certification, Organizational Change Management, SAP TechEd [Oct. 21, 2009 12:12 PM | 2 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Key messages of TechEd 2009
This year my company decided to visit the TechEd in the USA (again), which gives me the chance now to write about the key messages of the TechEd still before the European and Asian versions. I would like to share our impressions. If you don’t have the chance to visit TechEd this year, this blog should give some starting points for further reading, if you are going to visit Vienna, Shanghai or Bangalore, then this short summary can orientate you and help not to miss something really important. Tamas Szirtes in Business Intelligence (BI), Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Interoperability, Enterprise Portal (EP), Business Rules Management, Business Process Management, Business Objects, Web Dynpro [Oct. 20, 2009 02:50 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Process Design Slam SAP TechEd Phoenix- First Iteration
The first Process Design slam in the US launched in Phoenix. Participants worked with Google Wave and BPM in the cloud. All activities documented with video, wiki content and notes. Marilyn Pratt in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Community Projects, Composition Environment (CE), SAP TechEd [Oct. 19, 2009 11:26 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Event Based Intelligence
My view on the convergence of business intelligence, rules engines and process management. Dan Everett in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Enterprise Performance Management [Oct. 19, 2009 09:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Articles and Screencams for BRM 7.2
This blog points you to the different articles and screencams now made available in SDN for SAP NetWeaver 7.2 Composition Environment BRM Arti Gopalan in Business Rules Management [Oct. 19, 2009 05:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Closing the Loop for BPXSlam09 Phoenix
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 in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Community Projects, SAP TechEd [Oct. 18, 2009 11:30 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

TechEd - Wednesday through Process Slam
#sapteched09 through BPX Process Slam 2009. It was an awesome though thoroughly tiring day. Here's my session by session chronology, along with only a few editorial comments on the state of SAP, ASUG and the business software world. Jim Spath in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Business Server Pages, Community Projects, SAP TechEd [Oct. 15, 2009 08:12 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

BRFplus - rules and ABAP
An overview of rules in ABAP - BRFplus James Taylor in ABAP, Business Rules Management [Oct. 14, 2009 05:23 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BPM - a discussion
A discussion about SAP Netweaver BPM 7.2 James Taylor in Business Process Management, Business Rules Management [Oct. 14, 2009 04:15 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Process-centric Composite Applications with SAP Netweaver
Quick notes from a hands on session with CE James Taylor in Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE) [Oct. 13, 2009 04:45 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP TechEd - Executive Q&A
Some notes from the executive Q&A at SAP Tech Ed 2009. James Taylor in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Business Suite 7 [Oct. 13, 2009 01:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Netweaver Business Rules overview
A summary of Michael Hill's session on business rules at SAP TechEd 09 James Taylor in Business Rules Management [Oct. 13, 2009 01:27 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Removing decisioning from the SDLC
Automated decisions should be described with business rules and managed like content not as part of the SDLC James Taylor in Business Rules Management [Oct. 13, 2009 10:18 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Introducing SAP NetWeaver 7.2 Composition Environment Business Rules Management
Introducing and providing content to get started with it SAP NetWeaver 7.2 Composition Environment Business Rules Management. Arti Gopalan in Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), SAP TechEd [Oct. 13, 2009 10:18 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Business Rules Framework plus - NetWeaver 7.0 EHP2 Teaser
The blogs introduces to some of the new BRFplus features which are delivered with NetWeaver 7.0 EHP2. BRFplus is a business rules management system developed in ABAP. With BRFplus business experts can search, find, change and test business logic modeled in BRFplus. BRFplus is an enabler for highly flexible and easy to extend business applications. Carsten Ziegler in ABAP, SAP Business Workflow, Public Sector, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Business Suite 7, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, SAP TechEd [Oct. 09, 2009 02:56 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Six Can’t Miss Expert Sessions for Partners Going to TechEd for BPM
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 in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Partnership, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd [Oct. 08, 2009 05:49 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Become part of the SAP BPM strategy!
Want to make your voice heard on BPM? Meet head of SAP BPM solution management Wolfgang Hilpert and his team at TechEd Phoenix to discuss and influence direction of SAP's BPM products. Harald Nehring in Business Process Expert, Visual Composer, Universal Worklist, Standards, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, SAP Business Workflow, Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Business Suite 7, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Web Dynpro [Oct. 07, 2009 02:29 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Business Rules Framework plus at TechEd 2009
The blog is about the one hour lecture about BRFplus (CD106) at TechEd 2009. In more detail, in this blog the agenda of the lecture session is shown and there is the offer to meet the BRFplus experts at TechEd. Carsten Ziegler in ABAP, SAP TechEd, SAP Business Workflow, Public Sector, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 06, 2009 06:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using business rules in stable, core processes
The use of business rules to manage decisions can bring agility to stable, core business processes. James Taylor in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management [Oct. 06, 2009 05:56 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

The New Discovery System v4 at TechEd Phoenix 09
Want to hear about the new SAP Discovery System version 4 first hand? Come meet us at TechEd Phoneix either at the hands-on workshops or at the Expert Networking Sessions. Itai Sadan in Business Intelligence (BI), Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Solution Manager, SAP MaxDB and liveCache, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, Java Programming, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Objects, Web Dynpro [Oct. 02, 2009 07:48 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Virtual BPM: Meet the BPX Design Slammers In the Experts Networking Lounge
Meet the BPX Process Design Slam participants at SAP TechEd Community Clubhouse to hear about their work with BPM in a virtual collaborative environment (Google Wave/Gravity, BPM 7.1, SCN Wiki). Marilyn Pratt in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Community Day, Community Projects, SAP TechEd [Oct. 02, 2009 12:35 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Adding decision management to your BPM initiative
Some thoughts on getting started adding business rules and decisioning to BPM. James Taylor in Business Process Management, Business Rules Management [Sep. 30, 2009 09:09 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Usability Test Center at SAP TechEd Vienna
SAP Usability Test Center at SAP TechEd Vienna has opened for registration usability test persons Martin Hofmann in Business Intelligence (BI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Security, SAP TechEd, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Product Lifecycle Management, Organizational Change Management, Knowledge Management (KM), Java Programming, Enterprise Portal (EP), Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Web Dynpro [Sep. 30, 2009 05:19 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Risks of pursuing BPM without decisioning
Companies adopting BPM should think about the role of decisions in their processes and manage decisions, and the business rules that define them, alongside their processes or deal with the risks that will result. James Taylor in Business Process Management, Business Rules Management [Sep. 24, 2009 11:47 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Gravity – Collaborative Business Process Modelling within Google Wave
Gravity is a prototype developed by SAP Research in Brisbane, Australia and SAP NetWeaver Development providing real-time, cloud-based collaborative business process modelling within Google Wave. Google Wave is Google's new real-time collaboration platform that combines features of e-mail, social networking, wikis and instant messaging in one integrated browser-based client. Alexander Dreiling in Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Consumer Products, Enterprise Service Community, Insurance, Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Research, Business Process Expert [Sep. 02, 2009 11:56 PM | 42 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Composition in the Cloud: Run your own SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 EHP 1 in the cloud (Part 3 of 3)
The final part of the three-part series about installing and running your Composition Environment trial in the cloud guides you through the installation and configuration of CE itself and wraps up everything, leaving you with a running and sharable CE installation in the cloud. Join the fun. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Sustainability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Java Programming, Emerging Technologies, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Visual Composer [Aug. 29, 2009 09:28 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

MDM & BPM: A perfect combination for User Centric Processes
This blog shows you a ScreenCam how SAP NW MDM and SAP BPM/BRM works together. Steffen Ulmer in Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Web Dynpro [Aug. 27, 2009 10:01 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Composition in the Cloud: Run your own SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 EHP 1 in the cloud (Part 2 of 3)
The second part of this three-part weblog series about installing your Composition Environment in the cloud describes the configuration of your system at operating system level. Come along and prepare your system for the installation of your CE trial. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Java Programming, Emerging Technologies, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Sustainability [Aug. 23, 2009 02:22 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Composition in the Cloud: Run your own SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 EHP 1 in the cloud (Part 1 of 3)
Are you curious about cloud computing or composition but haven't gotten around to trying it? This step-by-step blog guides you through the setup of a complete SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment trial installation in the cloud. Following the instructions, you’ll get both a CE system on the internet and valuable first-hand experience with cloud computing. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Sustainability, Java Programming, Interoperability, Emerging Technologies, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Visual Composer [Aug. 22, 2009 05:15 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Take Fifteen Minutes and Two Coffee Breaks to Configure Your Composition Environment 7.1 EHP 1 Trial and ESR
Have you installed your CE trial system but hesitate to configure it? Don’t feel like finding your way through the SAP Library? Start up your server and brew some coffee: We’ll take fifteen minutes and two coffee breaks to configure your CE trial. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Visual Composer, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Java Programming, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beginner, Web Dynpro [Aug. 21, 2009 03:13 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

New Plugin Available: Decision Table Import/Export feature for NetWeaver BRM 7.1 EhP1
Now you can import or export your Decision Table in a BRM 7.1 EhP1 Development Component to an Excel Sheet! Arti Gopalan in Business Rules Management [Aug. 21, 2009 12:05 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using Rules in WebDynpro Application - Netweaver CE 7.1 EhP1
To help you in creating a Web Dynpro application which involves decision making. Arti Gopalan in Business Rules Management, Web Dynpro [Aug. 21, 2009 12:05 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Game Review: The BPX Game – IBM’s Innov8
This blog is a game review of an online game from IBM that depicts the life of a Business Process Expert (BPX) in a typical process improvement project. The usefulness of this approach to increase interest in the BPX career path plus the realism of the game based on SAP's BPM methodology are also discussed. Richard Hirsch in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Ranting, Sustainability [Aug. 18, 2009 06:46 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Introduction to SAP Netweaver BPM: Part 4
This blog describes the procedure to create Service Interface to the Business Process which is used to start the process form outside without using NWA. Arafat Farooqui in Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Portal (EP), SAP NetWeaver Platform [Aug. 13, 2009 05:03 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Part I: An introduction to SAP Netweaver BPM
This series of blog will focus on basics of SAP Netweaver BPM. Arafat Farooqui in Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Aug. 05, 2009 01:18 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Master Data Assessment
This blog gives an overview of the procedure for assessment of Master Data which can be Material Master, Vendor Master, Customer master & so on. Keerthi in ABAP, Business Process Expert, Business Rules Management, Business Solutions, Master Data Management (MDM), Organizational Change Management, SAP Developer Network [Aug. 05, 2009 01:13 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Introduction to SAP Netweaver BPM: Part 2
This blog focusses on a hands on excercise for BPM. Arafat Farooqui in Web Dynpro, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management [Aug. 03, 2009 01:34 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

'Old' SAP NetWeaver CE Evaluation Versions no longer available soon
After sufficient time of availabilty for evaluation, SAP is going to remove the 'old' evaluation version the SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1. Jan Rauscher in Application Server, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jul. 31, 2009 07:39 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Webinar Series: Successful Transition to IFRS on SAP
Siva Darivemula in Business Intelligence (BI), Organizational Change Management, Master Data Management (MDM), International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Enterprise Performance Management, Crystal Reports, Business Suite 7, Business Solutions, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Professional Services [Jul. 29, 2009 07:18 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]