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Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 27th, 2011
This weeks summary covers all of the Creating a Task Library, plus more details on TaskMap 4. Thanks for all the comments and traffic on this topic. I will be considering making a webinar on this topic for the coming weeks. Have a great Memorial Day weekend if you are in the USA, and if [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 25th, 2011
While it is obvious why we should have a release and revision control system for processes and procedures, its worth some discussion why this is even more important for a task library. As a Task library is in effect a Master Library for important tasks in the organization it has to be accurate and the [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 24th, 2011
Depending on your choice of tool you may decide to select different metadata for your task library. What is metadata anyway? The best description I heard was many years ago, and it’s simply the data about the data. So that does sound a little like a riddle. What it means for a task is the [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 23rd, 2011
This week has five articles to learn how to justify and build a task library. Hope you enjoy the summary posts. Mike Cunningham Building a Task Library: Part Three continued: Selecting tools to capture, publish and maintain the library Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 20th, 2011 If you have been following [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 20th, 2011
If you have been following this series on building a Task Library, there is a lot more to this than meets the eye. We believe that a visual and electronic delivery of the processes provides the simplest and easiest way to communicate information. Given that many electronic devices have easy to read screens and are [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 19th, 2011
This post is part of a four part series for what it takes to build a Task library. Documenting the tasks, once identified is the next logical stage. There are several key steps to consider before actually starting the documentation process. These include: Designing and cataloging your Task library labeling system Determining what tools and [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping, Project Management on May 18th, 2011
Once you have management support for your project, as the British might say, we get down to brass tacks and into the details of how to build this library. There are three steps to focus on for this activity. Selecting the tasks Documenting the tasks Reviewing and approving the tasks 1. Selecting the tasks Determining [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Project Management on May 17th, 2011
So you have decided to build a task library for your process and project work. Ten good reasons Let’s start with the reasons for doing this in the first place, as this may not be an insignificant endeavor, requiring a lot of thought and resources. Ten good reasons which can justify creating a task library [...]
Posted in Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 16th, 2011
We are coming up to the next release in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, so perhaps a time to look for some BPM hidden treasure. Much time is spent in documenting tasks and then linking them to make up our processes. It represents the core of almost everything we do in the world. Tasks [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 10th, 2011
Free Visio webinar featuring Harvard Computing’s Scott Helmers In many types of Microsoft Visio diagrams, it’s helpful to create visual or logical relationships among sets of shapes. Although you could accomplish this with previous versions of Visio, the results often left a lot to be desired. One of the most intriguing features in Visio 2010 [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Project Management on May 6th, 2011
Here is a summary of posts for this week. Version and Revision Control defined Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Project Management on May 5th, 2011 Seems like an obvious question but which version should I use? There has been few areas since the introduction of record and document management systems, where so many mistakes [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Project Management on May 5th, 2011
Seems like an obvious question but which version should I use? There has been few areas since the introduction of record and document management systems, where so many mistakes can be made. Ensuring that someone has the right information at the right time can save time, money and reduce risk dramatically. If someone has the [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Project Management on Apr 27th, 2011
So it’s a new day and a new project. You have been introduced to the team, and the goals for the project. Now it’s time to get acquainted with your team. Sometimes it’s easier in Business Process Management project to have new team members you don’t know; perhaps they represent groups you will be working [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping, Project Management on Apr 22nd, 2011
Getting started with Processes: “How they affect businesses and organizations” Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Apr 21st, 2011 The big picture Processes are such a big topic it’s often difficult to know where to start. People have a different view of processes depending on where they are coming from. For [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Apr 21st, 2011
The big picture Processes are such a big topic it’s often difficult to know where to start. People have a different view of processes depending on where they are coming from. For example, if you ask a manufacturing engineer about their view of processes, it is likely focused on what it takes to make something. [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping, Project Management on Apr 20th, 2011
Once you have decided that something is broken in the organization that process change may be able to fix. (“See the I don’t want to deal with it now!” posting), we have to take some action. If this is your first project, or perhaps you have just seen one that hasn’t worked out so well, [...]
Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Apr 18th, 2011
Scott Helmers from Harvard Computing Group is one of the leading Visio experts in the world, as evidenced by his three consecutive awards as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Visio. Microsoft Press has just published Scott’s new book: Visio 2010 Step by Step. The Step by Step series is renowned for conveying knowledge [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Project Management on Apr 15th, 2011
BPM made simpler Licensing alternatives for TaskMap Process Mapping software Posted in Process Mapping on Apr 14th, 2011 If you are considering TaskMap for your organization for process mapping applications you will have to consider licensing options to make the most effective use of the software for your organization. There are three considerations that will [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Project Management on Apr 11th, 2011
Meetings sometimes take on a life of their own. Sometimes that’s a good thing. When new ideas are explored, breakthroughs occur, the status quo is challenged and new processes and products are born. However, often there are just problems keeping a meeting under control. There are two parts to this issue. Before and during the [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Project Management on Apr 8th, 2011
Staying flexible in your BPM project Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Apr 7th, 2011 It’s important to keep a flexible position when managing any project, but particularly a BPM one. Why, because things change. Just when you thought everything was going perfectly your project sponsor has left the company for [...]
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