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Architecture in Practice, Part 6: Why Business Process Management (BPM) Is Important to an Enterprise

PublisherIBM
Format HTMLDate added29 Jan 2008
Topics Business Management
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One of the most interesting economic developments of the 21st century is globalization. New marketplaces, new workforces, new competitors, and a diverse cultural mix must be taken into account by any enterprise that wants to stay ahead of the competition. The last decade has brought constant change to enterprise IT - efforts toward legacy modernization, en-masse technology upgrades, or continuous addition of applications to an ever-increasing portfolio. However, the traditional notion of maintaining a steady state set of an enterprise's core business processes is no longer enough to keep pace with the ever-changing demands and dynamics of the marketplace. The traditional paradigm of "Build to last" now needs to give way to its ascendant business imperative: build to change.

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