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As the
year comes to a close it is a good time to assess
your performance management progress to date and
evaluate plans for next year. Whether you are
in early stage research mode, active planning,
or moving forward, this newsletter will provide
relevant information and learning opportunities.
From BPM Partners, the unbiased authority on Business
Performance Management.
| BPM
Pulse 2006: Is BPM Performing? |
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 The
insight provided by this annual survey is
utilized by most vendors and hundreds of
end user organizations to help maximize
the value from their own BPM investments.
Now is the time to let the BPM world know
what you really think about your vendors,
consultants, and BPM itself (anonymously
of course). We know your time is valuable
so there is a free gift for all survey respondents
and two people will win a video iPod. More
importantly, participating in this survey
is the only way to receive the complete
results.
Take
the survey » |
What
are Performance Dashboards? |
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Seems like a simple question, but not everyone
sees dashboards the same way. Some see it
as more of a technology issue rather than
a business one. Others see it as the culmination
of their BPM project, while still others
see it as a way to visualize data sitting
in a data warehouse. Wayne Eckerson's new
book on the subject helps clarify the situation.
Read
an excerpt » |
| The
Latest Gartner CPM Magic Quadrant |
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 Gartner
recently released an updated version of
their Magic Quadrant for CPM (BPM). For
the first time since its' inception some
vendors made it to the leadership quadrant.
Cognos and Hyperion have publicly announced
that they were the ones designated as CPM
leaders by Gartner. To see how the other
vendors fared you'll have to purchase the
report.
Gartner
CPM report » |
| Practices
that Streamline Budgeting and Planning |
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As frustrations with planning, budgeting,
and forecasting processes mount, the APQC
set out to determine whether leading practices
can shorten these cycles. So the APQC, an
independent nonprofit dedicated to corporate
performance benchmarking, conducted a survey
with the help of IBM and Business Finance
to find out whether today's most popular
business performance management (BPM) "best
practices" are yielding results.
Read
the article » |
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Golden Gate Capital will acquire Geac Computer
Corporation Limited in a transaction valued
at approximately US$ 1.0 billion. Geac's
ERP products will be merged into Infor,
another Golden Gate company. The BPM business
will remain largely intact and become part
of a new company to be named prior to the
transaction closing.
Read
the details
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