BPM... Try It... You'll Like It
As day one of Solutions 2006 gets underway I am betting… this is Las Vegas… that some of my colleagues are asking the following … why am I doing this blog on BPM in higher education?
The simple answer is that BPM is not the latest craze… flash in the pan… passing fad event… like the Pet Rock or Disco… it is a solid business necessity… imperative… requirement… It is the way companies organize, monitor, and optimize their operations.
Let me explain further…
It’s all about my truck…
More precisely… it’s all about my truck’s gauges…
Recently, I drove from South Dakota to Seattle in my old truck… in South Dakota they’re all old. After a once over off we went… through miles of rain, snow, bugs, and bad food. To be exact is was some 50 hours and 1700 miles of driving fun.
During the journey I kept a close eye on the gauges… temperature… oil pressure… gas… other essential service items. No idiot lights on my ride… only gauges will do. I live and die by them.
Like a well executed plan my old truck, it gauges and family arrived in Seattle… exactly as planned.
Now… tying it back to why BPM in the classroom?
As eduators what do we tell our learners is best practices for monitor company finances… cash inflows… sales?
Reports… spreadsheets… other format?
How do we address the issue of real time data access when this methodology relies on data that may range in age from a fairly short time to more than a month in some cases… depending on the reporting systems.
How do we address data drive decision making…
Here is where BPM enters the classroom. Much like the gauges on my old truck BPM is a great way to introduce these concepts to your learners. It is a great springboard for talking about data management… decision making… dashboards… and a host of other timely topics we all need to be covering in the business and IT classroom.
Okay... sounds interesting... but how?
Funny you should ask... Hyperion is committed to helping higher education bring this into the classroom… no strings attached. All we have to do is ask - more on that in a future post.
So… why introduce BPM in the classroom?
Answer: it is a business imperative… it helps companies organize their data… make better decisions… and just run themselves better. It is the world our students will soon be joining... and as we are charged with building the next generation of knowledge worker and business leader it only makes sense that we provide our learners with the tools they will need to compete and excel in their chosen fields.
The simple answer is that BPM is not the latest craze… flash in the pan… passing fad event… like the Pet Rock or Disco… it is a solid business necessity… imperative… requirement… It is the way companies organize, monitor, and optimize their operations.
Let me explain further…
It’s all about my truck…
More precisely… it’s all about my truck’s gauges…
Recently, I drove from South Dakota to Seattle in my old truck… in South Dakota they’re all old. After a once over off we went… through miles of rain, snow, bugs, and bad food. To be exact is was some 50 hours and 1700 miles of driving fun.
During the journey I kept a close eye on the gauges… temperature… oil pressure… gas… other essential service items. No idiot lights on my ride… only gauges will do. I live and die by them.
Like a well executed plan my old truck, it gauges and family arrived in Seattle… exactly as planned.
Now… tying it back to why BPM in the classroom?
As eduators what do we tell our learners is best practices for monitor company finances… cash inflows… sales?
Reports… spreadsheets… other format?
How do we address the issue of real time data access when this methodology relies on data that may range in age from a fairly short time to more than a month in some cases… depending on the reporting systems.
How do we address data drive decision making…
Here is where BPM enters the classroom. Much like the gauges on my old truck BPM is a great way to introduce these concepts to your learners. It is a great springboard for talking about data management… decision making… dashboards… and a host of other timely topics we all need to be covering in the business and IT classroom.
Okay... sounds interesting... but how?
Funny you should ask... Hyperion is committed to helping higher education bring this into the classroom… no strings attached. All we have to do is ask - more on that in a future post.
So… why introduce BPM in the classroom?
Answer: it is a business imperative… it helps companies organize their data… make better decisions… and just run themselves better. It is the world our students will soon be joining... and as we are charged with building the next generation of knowledge worker and business leader it only makes sense that we provide our learners with the tools they will need to compete and excel in their chosen fields.
