Return on Investment – everybody wants it to be as high and as fast as possible. This is not something new; has been there since day one. What is new and is ever changing though, may be more demanding is a better term, is the rise in level of expectation of the users, be it business users or end users. Most of the time it’s a necessity rather than a luxury and is driven in turn by the very competitive nature of today’s world.
If one were to follow the evolution of the various software products\tools and the methodologies, it is clearly visible how those that were able to give rapid results or give ROI sooner survived and got more attention than those that were more time taking and kind of rigid. Oh no, I wouldn’t dare to start a religious discussion about which of them were better and which were not. Guess a better way to put this would be that each of them has their pros and cons and those that were able to adapt and more important “accommodate” the changing needs of business requirements gracefully, got an upper hand. The software development approach has moved from the traditional waterfall method to the more recent ones like Agile. The software being developed are more SOA based, component based rather than programs running in silo. The term Business Intelligence is a very common now and companies are pumping billions of dollars in it to get a better and wider offering around it. Business Process Management Systems are very much required today.
So why am I talking about all this here?
I just want to reiterate the well established fact that the business in today’s world is ever changing and in a very fast way and it expects the IT to give it a helping hand so that it run faster and always stay ahead of the competition. It wants the IT to embrace methodologies that help it blend in with the changes more sooner than ever. Gone are the days when the business would sit back and review as to what “went” wrong and how it “can” be fixed in the future. They want to fix it “right here” - “right now” and act in a more proactive rather than a reactive way. They also want to participate more in the overall play, even on the technical front and again not only in the form of “static” Visio process diagrams but in more direct and immediately productive ways.
Well, sounds interesting and good to hear, but the billion dollar question…HOW?
The answer doesn’t lie in this single blog post though…:-) well to be more precise, just wanted to set a background or platform for the coming posts… what the content would be focused on and what one could expect here.
The following blogs would be from a team of highly motivated and experienced architects who would be sharing their live experience and advice around the BPMS suite, AgilePoint from Ascentn (http://www.ascentn.com/). The discussion would also include the role of other important and related technologies like BI and how it can help find that combination to hit it right on the head.
To sum it, the highlights would be around
- How to get the maximum ROI with existing investments
- Topics of interest for both, the business and the IT users
- How the Business and IT can work shoulder to shoulder and complement each other
- How the business process can adapt to the every changing needs in an Agile and Fast way
- How the business can be more proactive rather reactive while addressing issues
stay tuned for more…
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