OTUG May 16, 2006 Lecture

Abstract

IT organizations are continually challenged with the competing objectives of researching and implementing lightning-speed technologies (for competitive edge), shackling these technologies to legacy software (leveraging application reuse) and defending exploding budgets for the litany of short-term solutions to deal with the resulting technology landscape (keeping the lights on).

BPM (in partnership with Business, Technology and Enterprise Architecture) helps address this all-too-common environment by supplying frameworks, methodologies, techniques and (are your ready for this) actual solutions which are born of business and IT alignment. The presentation will address how organizations have succeeded (as opposed to "can succeed") in using BPM to move from an environment which rearranges deck chairs to one that actually takes control of direction, sights, speed, and communication to help keep your Titanic away from the iceberg.

About The Speakers

Rick Clark has been in the IT business since the days of the 16K mainframe. Having been around long enough to see that "all things old are new again" (several times), he approached today's BPM with a bit of healthy skepticism. Currently working as a consultant in the Information and Business Architecture domains, he has been able to deliver BPM solutions by adapting it to the particular needs and resources available at client sites. Rick has been involved in various industries including financial (mortgage, investment, banking), insurance (life, health), transportation & logistics and retail along with Federal and State government. Rick holds a QMCS degree from the University of St. Thomas.