BPM in the Midmarket: Options for Affordable Performance Management
Through the past few years, much has been written about the effect that business performance management (BPM) can have on companies' visibility into and...
The Last Word: Driving Using Only My Rearview Mirror
A few years ago, a new CEO came into my company and presented the managers with a piece of software that outlined vital corporate performance data on...
Operational Alignment: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
When I meet people, I like to ask them which business books they have been reading because it gives me insight into what's happening across a broad spectrum of organizations...
Time-Driven Costing: The Bottom Line on the New ABC
Having survived the hype of the past two decades and proven its value many times over, activity-based costing (ABC) is back on the corporate agenda ...
The First Word: Don't Count on the Boom to Continue
Analysts and vendors assume that the market for business performance management will continue to grow for many years to come. After all, they argue, demand...
Coverage of the 2004 BPM Summit: In Their Own Words Redux
At the second annual Business Performance Management Summit, held last fall, practitioners, consultants, academics, and vendors met to discuss critical...
Long Live the Spreadsheet: Leveraging Microsoft Excel for Effective BPM
Microsoft Excel is the de facto language of business. For nearly a quarter of a century, spreadsheets have helped businesspeople of all stripes communicate...
Standard Setters: Driving Improvements in Business Performance
The fledgling market for business performance management (BPM) software and services is making a mark on how organizations operate...
Views of Record: The Single Source of Truth for the Enterprise
More than ever before, the performance of today's businesses is directly tied to how well their executive, marketing, human resources, and other teams use the very best and latest information in every interaction with customers, employees, or suppliers...
The Power of Alignment: How the Right Tools Enhance Organizational Focus
More than 30 years of Harvard Business School research has shown that aligned and integrated companies outperform their nearest competitors by every major financial measure...
The First Word: Mission Critical, Mission Accomplished
Anticipating and understanding trends is a necessary skill for success in business. When Business Performance Management magazine was launched early last...
The Last Word
When business performance management (BPM) software vendors claim to offer customers a single version of the truth, one question comes to mind: Um, yes,...
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