Business Analysis for Information Technology
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Sams
May 2001
Paperback, 416 pages
ISBN: 0672320630

Description
The pressures of e–business, mergers, globalization and ruthless competition are accelerating the pace of business change. In this pressure cooker, organizations without solid, fundamental end–to–end practices are being thrown into chaos. Consequently, all stakeholder relationships are at risk. Business processes that affect customers, owners, and skilled human resources, must be at their peak to gain and maintain their loyalty and support. As a result, modern business management has become Process–Centric. The Internet can provide greater potential to improve business processes, such as sales channels, order handling and processing, sell–side distribution, supply chain management and procurement, routine employee transaction, marketing, and customer service. Those that have mastered this are faster, more flexible, and are rewarded by measurably improved performance.
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Business processes are the production lines of the new economy. When they fail us, our products and services fail our customers, and our business fails its owners. The more businesses change, the more they must concern themselves with their stakeholder relationships and manage their processes so that technologies and organization designs have a common business purpose. This book shows you how to deliver integral processes and helps you build a fully process–managed enterprise.
The Process Management Framework provides the strategic guidance and tactical steps to make the switch. Encompassing eight phases, the Framework migrates organizational and process transformation through strategy, design, realization, and actual operations. For each phase, this book provides detailed descriptions of the steps, their inputs, outputs, guides, and enablers, as well as the tricks, traps, and best practices learned by experienced practitioners. It also covers the related disciplines of managing programs, risk, quality, projects, and human change, and how process management is the key to ensure a fit among all these areas. For those of you about to embark on a process journey, this book provides a compelling call to action, a guide for management, and an invaluable reference.
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Author Bios
Roger T. Burlton, the founder of Process Renewal Group (http://www.processrenewal.com), is considered a pioneer and industry leader in the introduction of innovative processes for organizational change. He is recognized internationally for his contributions in business process re–engineering, prototyping, rapid development and people–based project management methodologies. He has chaired several high profile conferences on advanced information management around the world, including National BPR Conference, the European Process and Knowledge Management Symposium, DCI‘s Knowledge Management Conference, and Software World.