How to determine the right BPM solution ?

[CDM]

What's the right the solution for a particular company?

[Mary BPM]

The two main trends that we're seeing are increased focus on open standards and a more holistic approach to business process modeling with tighter integration with business requirements management and application development.

First, the increasing use of industry standards is being driven by the need to allow for greater sharing of models throughout the organization and among third parties. Business process modeling will also be used more and more as a foundation for defining unique activities and deploying those as services in a services oriented architecture for increased business flexibility. Businesses are seeking tools that allow them to integrate not only new web services but also leverage existing assets within a process flow. Several business process modeling tools now allow you to export your business process models as web services using the BPEL standard.

Second, while business process modeling has always been important as a methodology, there has been a noticeable shift and a rise in the demand for software solutions that enable business process modeling with the ability to deploy the models as run-time workflows with integrated monitoring for a closed loop approach to business process integration and optimization. More and more companies are also recognizing the importance of business process management and are investing in centers of excellence around integration and business process management.