Every company wants to improve the way it does business, to produce goods and services more efficiently, and to increase profits. Nonprofit organizations are also concerned with efficiency, productivity, and with achieving the goals they set for themselves. Every manager understands that achieving these goals is part of his or her job. BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT (or BPM) is what they call these activities that companies perform in order to improve and adapt processes that will help improve the way they do business. In this balanced treatment of the field of business process change, Paul Harmon offers concepts, methods, and cases for all aspects and phases of successful business process improvement. Updated and added for this edition are coverage of business process management systems, business rules, enterprise architectures and frameworks (SCOR), and more content on Six Sigma and Lean--in addition to new coverage of performance metrics.

Business Process Change: A Guide for Business Managers and BPM and Six Sigma Professionals (The MK/OMG Press)

Computers & Technology

Harmon, Paul

Business Process Trends, Business Process

Games & Strategy Guides

Morgan Kaufmann

Business Process Change, 3rd Edition provides a balanced view of the field of business process change. Bestselling author Paul Harmon offers concepts, methods, cases for all aspects and phases of successful business process improvement. Updated and added for this edition is new material on the development of business models and business process architecture development, on integrating decision management models and business rules, on service processes and on dynamic case management, and on integrating various approaches in a broad business process management approach. New to this edition: <ul>
<li>How to develop business models and business process architecture </li>
<li>How to integrate decision management models and business rules</li>
<li>New material on service processes and on dynamic case management</li>
<li>Learn to integrate various approaches in a broad business process management approach</li>
</ul>

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Business Process Change: A Business Process Management Guide for Managers and Process Professionals, Fourth Edition, provides a balanced view of the field of business process change. Bestselling author and renowned expert in the field Paul Harmon offers concepts, methods, cases for all aspects, and phases of successful business process improvement. Students and professionals alike will benefit from the comprehensive coverage and customizable, integrated approach to broad business process management that focuses on improving efficiency and productivity. In this updated Edition, particular attention is paid to the impact of disruptive technology on business and the need for agile transformation.

Business Process Change: A Business Process Management Guide for Managers and Process Professionals

Objectvision: A Graphical Programming Tool for Object-Oriented Applications

Programming

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

A revised edition of ObjectVision, 1990, this is a user's guide and reference manual for a software tool that facilitates, through visualization and automatic code generation, the development of object-oriented programming skills and applications. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Objectcraft: A Graphical Programming Tool for Object-Oriented Applications

Addison-Wesley

Software developers and managers intrigued with the potential of object-oriented technology will find Objects in Action an exciting eye-opener. The 19 real-life applications showcased in this book prove unequivocally that object-oriented technology has finally moved from the realm of the theoretical to the world of full-scale, working applications. In a contest held in conjunction with the 1992 Object World Conference and sponsored by Computerworld and the Object Management Group, major companies submitted case studies describing how they had successfully put object-oriented technology to work. The top 19 entries form the basis for Objects in Action. Coming from a broad spectrum of businesses and industries, the applications featured here include, among others an object-oriented analysis simulator from Boeing Defense and Space Group; a smelter information system from Alumax; an executive concessions information system from United Artists Theatre; and a software engineering environment from Broussais University Hospital. Each case study provided a description of the application, the role object-oriented technology played in its formation, and practical information about the development process. Through introductions to the various categories of applications, the authors offer their insights, provide perspective, and reveal the common thread that ties these diverse applications together. This, impressive display of important object-oriented applications will prove an inspiration to readers and will stimulate further advancements in the practical application of object-oriented technology.

Objects in Action: Commercial Application of Object-Oriented Technologies

Taylor, David A.

Computer Science

Small business management: A practical approach

Van Nostrand

Learn how to develop better object-based systems from the best-in-class object-based applications 
Since 1992 Computerworld and the Object Management Group have teamed up each year to sponsor a competition to select the best-in-class object technology practices in a range of categories. Now The Object Technology Casebook offers you an unparalleled opportunity to learn from the experiences of the winners. Paul Harmon and William Morrissey provide detailed case profiles of the finalists in both the 1994 and 1995 competitions. For each, they describe the application, discuss the role object technology played, and offer practical information about the development process. You'll learn about the approach the developers took to create an object-oriented application, the problems and pitfalls they encountered along the way, and the often ingenious solutions they devised to deal with those problems. Categories covered include the best object-based application using non-object tools; the best object-oriented distributed applications; the best use of object technology to integrate legacy systems; the best enterprise-wide or large-system object-oriented applications; the best application implementing reusable components; the application that best demonstrates the cost/benefit of using object technology; and more. The authors also supply you with a handy matrix that helps you to cross-match specific applications with problems you are currently interested in. The matrix lists all of the applications and provides valuable information on the products and techniques used in each case, as well as the demonstrable benefits derived from using an object-oriented solution. Tap into the best minds in the business, and learn how to develop better object-oriented systems with The Object Technology Casebook.

The Object Technology Casebook: Lessons From Award-Winning Business Applications

Morrissey, William

wiley

Focuses on the software development trend that will help corporations remain competitive in the information age. Offers different types of methodologies and tools available to Information Systems (IS) in order to build the best software with less effort. Discusses four applications from real software developed at different types of Fortune 500 companies. Prepares developers and IS managers both for decision making and project initiation.

Intelligent Software Systems Development: An IS Manager's Guide

John Wiley&Sons

Creating Expert Systems for Business and Industry

A practical guide to planning, building, and managing the development of an expert system. Provides comprehensive treatment of expert systems techniques, from basic concepts of knowledge acquisition to managing the expert system development effort. Contains three recent case studies that illustrate the methods used to analyze, design, develop, and manage the creation of an expert system. Provides illustrations, charts, diagrams, examples, and actual code from working systems.

Sawyer, Brian

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Business Process Change: A Guide for Business Managers and BPM and Six Sigma Professionals (The MK/OMG Press)

Business Process Change: A Guide for Business Managers and BPM and Six Sigma Professionals (The MK/OMG Press)

Business Process Change: A Business Process Management Guide for Managers and Process Professionals

Objectvision: A Graphical Programming Tool for Object-Oriented Applications

Objectcraft: A Graphical Programming Tool for Object-Oriented Applications

Objects in Action: Commercial Application of Object-Oriented Technologies

Small business management: A practical approach

The Object Technology Casebook: Lessons From Award-Winning Business Applications

Intelligent Software Systems Development: An IS Manager's Guide

Creating Expert Systems for Business and Industry