BPM Methodology for Oracle BPM Suite

Figure 16: The enterprise BPM methodology covers the entire gamut from strategic to tactical

Note

The preceding figure is based on the BPTrends Process Change Methodology introduced in the Business Process Change book by Paul Harmon.

The key projects/activities in a BPM program are as follows:

• Establish new roles: workflow, owner, modeler, architect, designer, and quality governance
• Establish the workflow methodology and new modes of collaboration, from business models to executable
• Plan the first processes along APIs and services
• Define the means to measure KPIs in workflows
• Solidify tool selection through a prototype
• Create a reference implementation in tool selection
• Conduct the first workflow project (a model to test)
• Define conventions for models, names, user roles, versions, structure, design, deployment and testing
• Design event-collecting mechanisms through the notification engine and how workflows consume notifications from the engine
• Establish quality gateways, governance and training
• Establish operations model (plan early!)