What Are Important Business Requirements for a Business Process Management Tool?

In my previous blog I presented you some context and benefits of Business Process Management (BPM). BPM is a methodology, and methodologies can use some help from tools in order to organize information and present it properly. In this blog I will discuss some business requirements for a BPM tool.

Business Requirements for a BPM Tool

Standard business requirements for modules of a BPM tool are:

• Has a process designer to enable trained user to analyze and model a process.
• Has a form designer to allow the definition of forms for a newly designed process.
• Has a report designer to allow the definition of reports for a newly designed process.
• Has a process engine to execute the actual flow activity.
• Has a rules engine to manage the flow of information and activities within a process.
• Has a process analytics tool to support Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) by providing direct process feedback.
• Has a set of API's to interface with external systems.

What are your experiences with BPM tools? We want to learn from you! Please share your experiences with the Results2Match Community.

This blog is the second part of a series of 3 blogs on BPM:

1. What Benefits Can I Expect from a Business Process Management Implementation?
2. What Are Important Business Requirements for a Business Process Management Tool? (this blog)
3. Now What is Actually Business Process Intelligence Management?

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This blog is written by Hans Lodder. Hans is a very experienced management consultant and interim manager. You can contact Hans by email.