Do I need BPM before automation?

Not always, but it helps. Understanding your processes before automating prevents automating bad processes. For complex processes or enterprise programs, BPM foundation is valuable.

Business Process Model and Notation - a standard visual language for documenting processes. Uses shapes for tasks, events, gateways (decisions). Widely understood and tool-supported.

What are BPM platforms?

Software for the full BPM lifecycle. Examples: Appian, Pega, Camunda, IBM BPM. They model, execute, and monitor processes. More comprehensive than pure automation tools.

How does BPM relate to low-code?

Modern BPM platforms are often low-code. Visual process design, form builders, integration. BPM provides structure and governance; low-code provides rapid development. Complementary.

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Business Process Management (BPM)

A discipline for designing, executing, monitoring, and improving business processes to achieve organisational goals.

In-Depth Explanation

Business Process Management (BPM) is a discipline combining technology and management practices to design, model, execute, monitor, and optimise business processes. It provides the foundation for effective automation.

BPM lifecycle:

Design: Model and document processes
Model: Create executable workflows
Execute: Run processes (manual or automated)
Monitor: Track performance metrics
Optimise: Improve based on data

BPM components:

Process modeling tools (BPMN)
Workflow engines
Business rules engines
Process monitoring/analytics
Case management
Integration capabilities

BPM vs automation:

BPM: Manages how work flows
RPA: Executes specific tasks
BPM + RPA: Orchestrated automation

Business Context

BPM provides the foundation for effective automation. Understanding and managing processes before automating them prevents automating inefficiency.

How Clever Ops Uses This

We help Australian businesses establish BPM practices as the foundation for automation, ensuring processes are understood and optimised before being automated.

Example Use Case

"Implementing BPM to standardise and monitor the employee onboarding process, then selectively automating steps like system provisioning and document generation."