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OMG and BPTrends Announce Winners of Business
Process Management Case Study Competition
Competition was Open to Organizations in all Industries
Including Government
That Had Completed Successful BPM Projects
Needham, MA, USA - January 28, 2009 - OMG™ and BPTrends are proud to
announce the winners of the Business Process Management (BPM) Case Study
Competition. The competition was open to organizations of all sizes,
including government agencies that demonstrated an outstanding
understanding of BPM. For more information on the winners, visit http://www.bpm-consortium.org/w-pr.
The goal of the BPM Case Study Competition was to highlight business
success stories and lessons learned to provide proof points and insights
for other organizations considering or pursuing BPM adoption. To qualify
for the competition, the BPM project must have been completed with
demonstrated business results. Because of the high quality of the
submissions, the judges decided to designate both winners and runner-ups
in categories where there were two especially fine submissions.
Best Overall Enterprise-wide BPM Effort - University of
California, San Diego
Runner-up: Intel Corporation
Best Overall Single BPM Application - Arizona Public Service
Best BPM Application that Demonstrates the Use of Business Process
Standards - European Union's GENESIS Project
BPM Application that Demonstrates the Best Return on Investment -
US Military Entrance Command (USMEPCOM)
Runner-up: Dickerson Financial Corporation (DFC)
"We know that Business Process Management can bring great value to
an enterprise in terms of re-use, efficiency, compliance, optimization,
etc. This is evident not by theory but by implementation," said Karen
D. Larkowski, general manager, OMG and BPM Consortium. "This
competition provided great insight into the ways that companies are
maximizing the performance of their business processes through BPM best
practices and proof that the technology is mature and experienced
resources are available."
"Over the past few years I've been asked to participate in judging
several contests designed to identify outstanding BPM and BPMS
applications. In most cases the applications reflected efforts by
companies that were just learning about the technology, or they were
narrowly focused efforts that only described a specific automation
project. The OMG competition was very different," said Paul Harmon,
executive editor and founder, BPTrends. "Many companies submitted
applications to the OMG contest, and several of these submittals were
outstanding. These applications demonstrate that BPM has come of age and
that companies are beginning to integrate a wide variety of business
process technologies and standards to create useful, innovative, and
valuable applications. Even more important, they demonstrate that a
growing number of organizations are committing themselves to using
processes to innovate and manage the way they do business."
Entries were judged on the complexity of the business problem
addressed, the ROI/Business Value achieved
(Agility/Innovation/Flexibility), the level and sophistication of the
cross-organizational collaboration (Business/Technical) and the usage of
BPM approaches and supporting technology.
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About BPTrends
BPTrends (www.bptrends.com) is the
primary source of business intelligence for business executives and
process change practitioners around the globe. Industry thought leaders
provide analysis and opinion on trends, directions and best practices
relating to all aspects of business process management. BPTrends is the
most comprehensive, in-depth business process management resource devoted
to educating and informing the market. The BPTrends BP Tools Reports are
the most widely read reports on BP software tools available. With over
20,000 members, BPTrends is the largest community of BP Professionals in
the world. BPTrends Associates, a BPM professional services company,
provides executive education, training, mentoring and consulting services
and has partnered with Boston University to deliver the BU BPM Curriculum
and Certificate Program.
About OMG
OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry
consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a
wide range of technologies, including: Real-time, Embedded and Specialized
Systems, Analysis & Design, Architecture-Driven Modernization and
Middleware and an even wider range of industries, including: Business
Modeling and Integration, C4I, Finance, Government, Green Computing, Healthcare, Insurance,
Legal
Compliance, Life Sciences Research, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics,
Software-Based Communications and Space.
OMG's modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language™
(UML®) and Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), enable powerful visual
design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes,
including IT Systems Modeling and Business Process Management. OMG's
middleware standards and profiles are based on the Common Object Request
Broker Architecture (CORBA®) and support a wide variety of
industries.
More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org.
OMG is headquartered in Needham, MA, USA.
Note to editors: MDA, Model Driven Architecture, OMG
Logo, XMI, UML, UML logo and CORBA are registered trademarks, and OMG, Object
Management Group, SOA Consortium, GCIO, MOF, MDA Logos, BPMN, OCRES, OCUP, OCEB
Green Computing Maturity Model, GCMM and Unified
Modeling Language are trademarks of Object Management Group. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Edited by Stephanie
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