Business Process Management (BPM) Resource Center

Your resource for educational BPM information

Understanding BPM

Here you will find a variety of information from analysts, customers, research firms, etc., that will help you to understand BPM. Research and customer interviews will show you how BPM can benefit your organization. There are also resources that will help you build a case for BPM in your enterprise. You can also learn about approaches that can help you to be successful as you begin to implement BPM within your company, either as a management principle or combined with technology.

For starters, here is a definition of business process management: Business process management (BPM) is the automation and coordination of the countless assets and tasks that make up your business processes. There are many types of business processes. They can involve people and IT systems, be internal or external to organizations, be easily modeled and repeatable or vary for each situation. In most business environments, they are constantly changing, based on unique business events and conditions.