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Is 2012 the year that version control finally takes hold?

Posted in Change Management, Legal processes on Jan 9th, 2012

How many times have you saved a file, and had the system shut down or power run out, creating a moment of flat panic. At our firm we have automated back up on our systems, use SharePoint for version control and an online back up service as well. However at the weekend, I worked on [...]

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Happy 11.11.11 and BPM Blog summary

Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Mapping, Project Management on Nov 11th, 2011

A friend of mine gave me a heads up that today would be the last day that the date would have a nice digital ring to for the rest of my lifetime. Here is the blog summary for the month so far.   Monthly Archive for November, 2011 TaskMap Automated tutorial: TaskMap Capture for Excel [...]

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BPM Blog Summary Week ending 30 September 2011

Posted in Legal processes, Process Discovery, Project Management on Sep 30th, 2011

Towards Perfection Posted in Project Management on Sep 29th, 2011 On occasions, I get to do some volunteer work in Prison. I visit a facility weekly in Massachusetts and have recently been running a Setting Goals program. There are always nuggets of wisdom that I come to expect come from these sessions; and this week [...]

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BPM BLOG SITE MAP

Posted in Change Management, Compliance, Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Project Management on Sep 27th, 2011

We have just added a great new resource to the BPM Blog, with over 250 topics and posts out there we thought it would be helpful for you to find topics of interest and not just use the search engine. Here is the link http://taskmap.com/wordpress/bpm-blog-sitemap/  The BPM Blog site Map will help you find topical [...]

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BPM Summary week ending 2 September 2011

Posted in Process Discovery, Project Management on Sep 2nd, 2011

This week’s summary includes all of the 4 part series on creating org charts in Visio 2010. Have a great Labor Day weekend for those of you in the USA.   Creating Organization Charts in Visio-Part 4 Posted in Process Discovery, Project Management, Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2011 This represents the final post in this [...]

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Blog summary week ending 29 July 2011

Posted in Change Management, Compliance, Process Mapping on Jul 29th, 2011

This week’s blog sees Dan Anderton guest blogging for us on the SOX Compliance front again. His detailed articles will be a help to anyone looking for help with their SOX project. Have a great weekend. Mike Cunningham   The problems with setting goals Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping, Project Management on [...]

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BPM Blog Summary 4th to 7th July 2011

Posted in Process Mapping on Jul 8th, 2011

This weeks posts focus on process mapping issues, parallel processes, sub-processes and the lifecycle of a process map. For those of you vacationing this week, I hope you had a very enjoyable time.   The lifecycle of a process map Posted in Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping on Jul 7th, 2011 Process [...]

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The lifecycle of a process map

Posted in Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping on Jul 7th, 2011

Process maps have a lifecycle of their own, but is often not recognized by those authoring, reviewing or receiving them. Here is the cycle as we see it. For each step of the Lifecycle you may want to increase or reduce to the amount of information available to the audience involved. For example: Discovery of [...]

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BPM Summary post 19th to 23rd June

Posted in Project Management on Jun 24th, 2011

Using process maps as a replacement for electronic documentation Posted in Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Jun 23rd, 2011 Producing process maps in electronic format can save a lot of time and money. The example below, “How to Buy and Sell on eBay” shows some of those benefits. How to buy and sell on eBay: [...]

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BPM Blog summary for week ending 27 May 2011

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 [...]

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BPM Summary for week ending 21 May 2011

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 [...]

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BPM Weekly Blog summary week 13 May 2011

Posted in Change Management, Project Management on May 13th, 2011

Some very interesting posts this week, including a “direction setting for life” one from Christina J. Valenzuela on Wednesday. Have a great weekend … Mike Cunningham   Summary Dealing with deviousness and dishonesty in projects Posted in Change Management, Project Management on May 12th, 2011 Sooner or later, and it’s usually sooner, we all have [...]

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BPM Weekly summary 6th May 2011

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 [...]

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BPM Blog Weekly Summary 29 April 2011

Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Apr 29th, 2011

This weeks summary of posts for your enjoyment.   There is no smoke without fire. Is that true in Project Management? Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Apr 28th, 2011 As I write this blog entry, it’s the early hours of the morning in New England, USA. Awakened by the CO2 detector at our [...]

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BPM BLOG Weekly summary 12 March 2011

Posted in Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 12th, 2011

Weekly summary March, 2011 What to do about Luddites and other disbelievers Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 11th, 2011 Ever feel like you are in the project from hell? Sometimes you may feel that you have been placed in a movie, or that God is testing you because of the [...]

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