Working with the Business Process Management (BPM) Life Cycle

Identification of Critical Business Processes: A Proposed Novel Approach

“…A glance on the business process historical evolvement provides rich information on this valuable technique. "Adam Smith" referred to the term "processes" in his famous example of the pin factory, while stating the way by which a pin was made [36]. In the early 1980s, "August-Wilhelm Scheer" founded his company, IDS Scheer, in Germany, with the entry of Phase 3.…”

“…In the early 1980s, "August-Wilhelm Scheer" founded his company, IDS Scheer, in Germany, with the entry of Phase 3. Later on, he introduced the concept of "Architecture of Integrated Information Systems" (ARIS) in 1991, as a system concept that would allow company data to be connected to information flows, work and control [36]. While simultaneously supervising diverse management viewpoints for the sake of business clarification and also for the better control of circumstances and execution of processes within the organisation.…”

“…While simultaneously supervising diverse management viewpoints for the sake of business clarification and also for the better control of circumstances and execution of processes within the organisation. Following the argument of Von Rosing, et al [36], "John Zachman", American business and IT consultant, and an Enterprise Architecture pioneer, published his initial structure entitled "A Structure for the Architecture of Information Systems", in a report in the Journal IBM Systems. Such published report has resulted in a continued growth, which is known recently as the Zachman Enterprise Architecture System-Conceptual Development of a System.…”

“…While has proposed for defining the related standards and finding out the way by which an organisation is built and structured using accountabilities, roles, interrogations, tasks, Power, information and process of gathering information. Von Rosing, et al [36], referred too to "Taiichi Ohno and Shingeo Shingo" who has developed the "Just in Time" since World War II, Toyota's, and "Pull Process" principles. Nevertheless, the TPS has experienced industrial growth and has grown substantially since its establishment in the early 1970s while being continuously developed both by business practitioners and academic researchers [36].…”

Investigating How Business Process Ambidexterity Facilitates Business-IT Alignment in Public Sector Organizations

“…Business Process Management (BPM) is defined as all efforts to analyse and continually improve fundamental activities of organisation's operations (adapted from [1]). BPM was proven to positively impact organisations' performance and competitiveness [2], in particular for processes spanning different domains and departments [3]. Additionally, the academic community has recently issued calls to focus more research on BPM implementation, which is arguably lagging behind [4], and also to reach out beyond IT-driven process modelling towards a holistic view of the managerial aspects of process management [5].…”