Comments on: Derek Miers’ Elephant (in the room) http://www.bp-3.com/blogs/2009/04/derek-miers-elephant-in-the-room/ A Blog about Enterprise BPM and Business Process Improvement by the folks at BP3 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Francis http://www.bp-3.com/blogs/2009/04/derek-miers-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Scott Francis Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://www.bp-3.com/blogs/?p=629#comment-176 Derek - Regarding the flexibility and variability - you're right - if the processes can't be defined with sufficient flexibility then the organization will reject them - and if they don't reject them, you may wish they had because it may actually create more work (outside that rigid standard process) than before. Vendor platforms aren't equal in supporting this - and I'd argue that practitioners often are even less flexible than the software platforms! Derek –
Regarding the flexibility and variability – you’re right – if the processes can’t be defined with sufficient flexibility then the organization will reject them – and if they don’t reject them, you may wish they had because it may actually create more work (outside that rigid standard process) than before.

Vendor platforms aren’t equal in supporting this – and I’d argue that practitioners often are even less flexible than the software platforms!

]]> By: erhum http://www.bp-3.com/blogs/2009/04/derek-miers-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-174 erhum Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:07:57 +0000 http://www.bp-3.com/blogs/?p=629#comment-174 Not sure why I had to create a log in to your site with Word press when I am already a Word Press user ... but hey. I made a follow-up comment on my own posting - the core of which was that while I agree with the central point you make about organizational willingness, there is also a parallel issue of inherent need for flexibility and variability in the processes themselves. If we remove the straightjacket of 100% standardization on the process, the opportunities open up. Of course, some vendor platforms are better than others at this. Not sure why I had to create a log in to your site with Word press when I am already a Word Press user … but hey.

I made a follow-up comment on my own posting – the core of which was that while I agree with the central point you make about organizational willingness, there is also a parallel issue of inherent need for flexibility and variability in the processes themselves. If we remove the straightjacket of 100% standardization on the process, the opportunities open up. Of course, some vendor platforms are better than others at this.

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