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Process meets Delicious Barbecue at Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ
Many of the things we love have great dependencies on a little thing called "process". BBQ is just one of them.
For Release: BP3 Global Named a Leader in Digital Process Automation Service Providers Report by Independent Research Firm
BP3 Global, a global provider of digital operations software and services has been named a Leader in “The Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Service Providers, Q3 2020.”
Video: What to Automate
In this 2018 video, Julie gives us a sense of good use cases for automation
Join us to Learn about the Hottest Topics in Automation: Driven 2020
Driven has been one of our favorite events to host and to attend over the years. This year, we're going virtual, I hope you will all take the opportunity to join us! Learn about the 5 hottest topics in Automation, all in one event - looking forward to seeing you all there!
The Building Blocks are all there: Business Automation Toolkit
Good Insight into IBM Business Automation Workflow
If you're an IBM Automation customer, you should really be working with BP3 - our team will take care of you.
Video: Interactive Forms with RPA
In this BP3 Live video, our very own Dan Seager shows off how you can leverage interactive forms with RPA (specifically, Automation Anywhere), in what they call “human-in-the-loop”:
Innovation in Workflow Engines
Camunda continues to advance the state of the art for distributed workflow with the first production release of Zeebe.io a few weeks ago.? The most interesting part of this product (to me) is that
Executing a Real Plan
If you have been thinking about automation or performing small pilots, now is the time to get very serious about executing a real plan. It is coming and we all know it, the ?R? word. In a recent lu
RPA - What's the Strategy for Leaders in BPM?
Pre-amble.? A couple of weeks ago I attended the IBM Think conference in San Francisco. It was the first time for the conference in San Francisco and, taking into account the learning curve, I
Austin Airport tips for #SXSW
From the AirlineGeeks : "For the ninth consecutive year, Austin Bergstrom International Airport has reported a year-over-year rise in passenger numbers. The Central Texas airport welcomed 15,819,91
Comparing the OCR Engines Available in UIPath
[Editor?s note:? this is a guest-post by Gordon Siegfriedt, a Solutions Engineer at BP3] I recently had the opportunity to dig into the OCR capabilities of UiPath for a client. I thought the resu
Migrating to WebPD - The Missing Instructions
As IBM has indicated that they plan to deprecate the Desktop Process Designer for the BAW platform many of our customers are looking to understand how to move to using the Web Process Designer. ?Whil
When to make the Ask for Customer Information
From the BPM.com discussion forum , a question was asked: "From Emiel Kelly: When a customer orders something, you might ask him a lot of information, but it might be possible you don't need all t
Conversion to WebPD is your next challenge
Editor's Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readin
The Importance of in-flight instance migration
Editor's Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readin
Is Automated Testing the Answer?
Editors Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readine
A Great Third-Party Review of Brazos
I was really pleased to see Jonathan Huang of Centric writing a review of his experience with Brazos UI Toolkit , demonstrating that we've hit the mark!?? Please read it! There are great details i
Do you have dependency management nightmares?
Editor's note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation?s Web Process Designer. To start your readin
The Trouble with Toolkits
Editors Note: This is a series devoted to the migrations from the IBM Digital Process Automation eclipse based designer to IBM Digital Process Automation's Web Process Designer. To start your readin
Visual Programming
In our world of process, there are a lot of low-code or no-code platforms on offer.? Being a realist, it often turns out that there are certain things these platforms allow you to represent visually -
Process Deviance Research
For those craving some real research into the reasons for process deviance, and some weekend reading, I turn your attention to the following paper: Why do business processes deviate? Results from a D
Artificial Intelligence for Pharmacovigilance
[Editor?s note: This guest post is the ninth in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe
Digital Process Automation and Pharmacovigilance
Editor?s note: This guest post is the eighth in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe
Does Your Pharmacovigilance Project look Like a Subway Map?
Editor?s note: This guest post is the seventh in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech exp
Extending the Reach for Pharmacovigilance Professionals
There are multiple regulatory agency cooperative initiatives involving digitization and standardization like the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring VigiBase, FDA? Sentinel Initiative
The FDA: Serious Attempts at Consumer Awareness and Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Advertising of Prescription Drugs
While the use of DTC ads for prescription drugs remains controversial, the evidence is clear that direct-to-consumer advertising educates consumers about medical conditions, medical treatments, and pr
What's the Fastest Way to Build a Process UI?
There's more than one way to build a UI for process. At BP3 we always look at simplifying and speeding up the process for building solutions, and here's an example of building a dialog in 30 seconds:
Adverse Events and the Lighter Side of Drug Company Advertisements
Editor?s note: This guest post is the fourth in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe
Industry 4.0: Accelerating Digitization, Harmonization & Patient Safety
Editor?s note: This guest post is the second in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech expe
Pharmacovigilance: Good News and Bad News
Editor?s note: This guest post is the third in a series from Larry Taber, BP3?s Digital Strategy Officer for Life Sciences and Pharma.?Larry has over 32 years of deep pharmaceutical and biotech exper
If You?re not Blogging, You?re Making a Mistake
I wrote this post over on Medium to startups: " Startups: If You?re not Blogging, You?re Making a?Mistake " and it got picked up by the AustinStartups publication on Medium. And the advice was real
Driven in the Eyes of one Attendee
We had a great Driven 2018 event.? Our focus on Digital Operations led us to many interesting places in this year's conference, and nothing makes you feel better about a conference than someone else w
Riding Technology Waves at Driven
At Driven this year, Krista White asked me what I like best about it.? And honestly, what I like best is the variety of amazing technologies that are just adjacent to the core of what we do. Those tec
The Myth of 5G and No Latency
Actually 5G isn't a myth, but there are a couple of myths floating around 5G.? In particular, after seeing some demonstrations of the technology given by Verizon to members of the press at CNBC, ther
Mind-Blowing Scientific Advances and the Business Process Impacts
A 2007 PriceWaterHouseCooper study found that pharmaceutical companies needed to transform the processes it uses to conduct R&D. Too many companies were investigating new molecules before they h
Intellectual Property, the Drug Development Process, and the Ticking Clock
A typical pharma product or medical device requires 10 or more years to research and develop before gaining approval to market. The Medicines Development Process But consider this, once
Pega Systems Sponsors Driven 2018
We are excited to announce? Pega Systems will be sponsoring Driven 2018 . Pega Systems will be presenting on topics like gaining alignment for business and IT through digital process automation a
Driven 2018 Featured Session Announcement: Chat and Machine Learning IRL
[Editor's note: Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry exper
Driven 2018 Featured Session Announcement: What is Design Thinking?
[Editor's note:? Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry e
Driven 2018 Featured Session Announcement: Schlumberger
[Editor's note: Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry exerts
Driven 2018 Sponsorship Announcement
We're pleased to announce all of the sponsors for Driven 2018. Automation Anywhere Camunda Bizagi Pega Join a community of analysts, industry experts, and like-minde
The Customer Journey is the (only) Process that Matters
I'll begin with the ending: The customer journey is the (only) process that really matters.? It's a provocative statement, but let's turn it around and examine it.? How can I say it, given 11 ye
Driven 2018 Featured Session Announcement: Operating a BPM Factory at Scale
Driven 2018 is coming up quick and we wanted to share some of our most anticipated sessions with you. You can register for Driven here . Join a community of analysts, industry experts, and like-minde
Is Pharma Poised to Become the Next Breakout Industry?
At BP3 we have been studying various industries and their potential for a massive transformation involving digital technologies. We are convinced that the conditions and evidence exists for healthcare
Looking back at a 2017 Prediction for Digital Process
From nearly the first year I began writing this blog on behalf of BP3, pundits and commentators have predicted the demise of "BPM", to be replaced by the next thing. My argument has long been th
A Fresh Look at Big Pharma
So who is Big Pharma, really??? Big Pharma is a term used to refer collectively to the global pharmaceutical industry, which includes pharmaceutical (innovators and generic), biotech, and medica
VIDEO: Automated Testing in Digital Operations
Automated Testing in Digital Operations. Watch the video? here . Watch to Learn: Common problems in regards to testing How to fix those problems What tools work for testing He
Healthcare and the Digital Revolution
?Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art.? It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters ; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they can
The Humble Work List
Keith Swenson weighs in on " Worklist Performance Considerations ": This is a technical deep dive into system design around providing a worklist to workers in a BPM system, and the technical trad
Robotics with Business Context: CIOReview Names BP3 to Top 20 Most Promising Robotics Providers
CIOReview published a timely report on the 20 Most Promising Robotics Solution Providers last week - with a nice rundown of how BP3 approaches RPA (Robotic Process Automation) as a critical componen
VIDEO: How to Recognize Digital Operations Problems From the Top
How can C-level executives recognize problems within their operations? Chairman, Lance Gibbs reveals how to catch problems and keys to shifting employee mindsets and enacting change. Watch the video
Task Federation on Cloud, Done.
BP3 now has a customer live with the next generation of task federation in IBM BPM. While the Brazos portal has always supported giving your users one place for their tasks even if you had multiple I
VIDEO: RPA Business Use Cases
. How do you identify where to use Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in your business? Scott Francis, BP3's CEO explains how to identify those use cases with examples.
Simplifying Work in a Complex Environment
Hybrid Cloud and On-Premise Software Complexity The end-users who leverage our software shouldn't have to know anything about the infrastructure that supports it.? They open a link or browser an
Filing Taxes with RPA
Process Automation consultant, Ted Lano, uses Robotic Process Automation to make filing his taxes a breeze. Take a look at how Ted sets up his robot to do the hard work and completes his tax return 50
Bridging the IT to Business Gap
An age-old problem in software development has been the communication gap between IT and business staff. This communication gap can lead to misunderstood requirements, project delays, rework, and a sl
Getting Started on Measuring Your Business
"You can't manage what you don't measure." This popular quote is attributed to Peter Drucker and sounds like something he'd say, but according to the Drucker Institute he didn't actually say it. He di
Digital Operations: Why We're Often Talking about Process Pt 2
In part 1, we focused on why process is important to Digital Operations - and indeed to Digital Transformation.? In Part 2, we'll focus on how BPM software has evolved to support Digital Operations i
Digital Operations: Why We?re Often Talking About Process (Part 1)
When the subject of Digital Transformation comes up, I'm often asked "what is it?" by folks who are not working in a large enterprise that is looking to transform itself.? I tell them our clients are
iGrafx: GDPR Suite
iGrafx, a software vendor with offices here in Austin and in Portland and Europe, recently announced a GDPR suite for customers: The suite lets business customers assess risk from the perspectiv
The Importance of DevOps
The Importance of DevOps from BP3 on Vimeo . What is DevOps, what does it mean to customers and how are people approaching it? David Brakoniecki sits down with Krista White to explain t
Brazos UI and Your Calendar
One of the things our engineering team does really well is keep improving the rough edges of any product they get their hands on.? Brazos itself is no different.? Brazos has always had strong support
VIDEO: Migration
Migration from BP3 on Vimeo . Director of BPLabs, Rico DiMarzio, details BP3's history with migrations and what questions companies should be asking before beginning a migration.
Rate of Change and Change Management: What's Agile?
We work a lot with both our clients and with experts in operational excellence, decision management, and process improvement. And one of the hold-overs from a prior era of expertise on the subject of
VIDEO: Process Transformation and Artificial Intelligence
Process Transformation and Artificial Intelligence from BP3 on Vimeo . Where does artificial intelligence fit into process transformation? Does your use case require artificial intellig
What Makes Cognitive Effective Today?
What Makes Cognitive Effective Today? from BP3 on Vimeo . Why the growing interest in cognitive? VP of Sales, Ted Irani explains the growth in cognitive computing that lead to today's
User Experience and Empathy in Process Transformation
User Experience and Empathy in Process Transformation from BP3 on Vimeo .
Investing in China: Fortune Brainstorm Tech International 2017
A particularly interesting panel involved the funding of startups in China .? The panel was driven by: Cao Yi of Source Code Capital , Anna Fang of ZhenFund, and Hans Tung of GGV, moderated by Adam L
Process Blogs Worth Reading
Alberto Manuel has again produced a list of process blogs worth reading - his 2017 edition .? Again, we're honored to be on the list! Bp-3 ?? Scott Francis?s blog brings a balanced viewpoi
Case Study: System Overhaul Yields Big Improvements for Utility and Customers
In a recent issue of Power International Magazine , Bill Perry covers PNM Resources' successful digital transformation of their customer service requests.? PNM is a great power company in New Mexic
Digital Process Automation and Human Activity
I had a discussion today with one of our customers who has a very interesting approach to their Digital Process Automation practice. ?While not explicitly stated by them, I think a formal statement o
Harvesting Rules, The Good and Bad
I recently came across a link to a website advertising ?The Impossible Jigsaw Puzzle?. The description states ?These are not just regular puzzles, but also have a few features that make them both uni
Nice Primer on Process Mining
Thomas Filaire has a nice primer on Process Mining up on Medium . Including a nice venn diagram showing where process mining "lives" - at the intersection of business process management and data mini
Can RPA Be the Bridge Between Two Speeds of IT?
Recently, we posted a blog with a video of a bot enabling "swivel chair" integration ( https://www.bp-3.com/swivel-chair-doesnt-work/ ). ?I wanted to take this topic a bit deeper and discuss the broad
VIDEO: Identifying Process Patterns
Identifying Process Patterns from BP3 on Vimeo . Ted Irani, BP3's VP of Sales joins Krista to define process patterns, how to identify them and the benefits.
For Release: BP3 Netherlands Awarded Portion of ?320 Million Belastingdienst Contract
Utrecht, 21 November 2017 - BP3 Netherlands has been selected to continue working with The Dutch Tax Authorities (Belastingdienst). BP3 is part of a network of subcontractors in a contract that spa
VIDEO: When To Use Decision Management
When to Use Decision Management from BP3 on Vimeo . When do you use Decision Management? What problems are you trying to solve? What type of Decision Management solutions are out there?
Build for Speed or Build for Citizen Developer?
MWD's insight newsletter is a good one to be reading.? I have subscribed to MWD's research over the years and have found it to be a great value. In a recent email missive, Neil Ward-Dutton states:
Phil Gilbert at Web Summit Creatiff
Phil Gilbert recently spoke at Web Summit. Phil runs Design for IBM.? And he used the opportunity to talk about design at scale - at IBM.? Effectively it isn't just about design - it is about enacting
VIDEO: What is Decision Management?
What is Decision Management? from BP3 on Vimeo . Tom Wilger explains what decision management is, what to think about, and how to get started in this video.
VIDEO: Stories From My First Project
Stories From My First Project from BP3 on Vimeo . How do new consultants at BP3 train and prepare for their first project? In this video, Annie Diep discusses her first project and the
VIDEO: Migrating Your Digital Process Solution
Migrating Your Digital Process Solution from BP3 on Vimeo . In this video, Andrew Paier sits down with Krista to talk about Digital Process Automation migrations. Whether you are moving
Speaking at iGrafx 2017: From Process to Insight
Something I have been looking forward to this year is speaking at the iGrafx' 2017 conference: from Process to Insight ? in Orlando. The speaker lineup is stacked with process transformation experts
When Swivel Chair Doesn't Work
In early process transformation projects, there is often a lack of integrations requiring users to complete their work with "swivel chair" integrations. Recently, we have started using RPA to enable
Robotic Process Automation
The Institute For Robotic Automation defines RPA as: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) refers to automation where a computer drives existing enterprise application software in the same way as a user
VIDEO: Headless BPM
In this video, Carmen Galicia walks through using external user interface tools to manage your digital process automation user experience. She highlights the benefits and challenges of "going h
Data Science + Business Process
Great article by Olan Anesini on the subject of process + data science over on Medium .? It's a theme we've been exploring at BP3 for a couple of years now, and one that innovators in business proces
The Digital Age: for Sewers as Well
Some transformative projects are... messier... than others...? Water & Wastewater International covered this case study : UK-based Severn Trent Water (STW), which provides sewage services to m
Planning Your Project Roadmap
Planning Your Project Roadmap from BP3 on Vimeo . In this video, Andrew Paier talks through getting started with your first process and decision project. He discusses best practices and
VIDEO: How BP3 Helps Customers With Digital Transformation
How BP3 Helps Customers with Digital Transformation from BP3 on Vimeo . Chief Strategy Officer, Amit Malhotra, sits down with Krista to talk about exactly how BP3 is working with our custo
VIDEO: What is Digital Transformation?
What is Digital Transformation? from BP3 on Vimeo . CEO, Scott Francis talks how BP3 helps companies operationalize Digital Transformation to gain success.
Microservices and BPM
If you were wondering whether microservices architecture was coming for BPM engines, this post makes it pretty clear that it is happening: This new direction will give users the flexibility to ope
Fascinating Take on Uber's New CEO and its Opportunity
Ben Thompson weighs in on his blog , with respect to Uber's new CEO.? His conclusion is what caught my attention: And yet, the company has landed on a candidate that I am quite enthused about, and
