Overheard in the tech blogosphere » business process management

Overheard talking about careers in business process management

Margaret Rouse — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:44:42 +0000

“Recruiters aren’t yet specifically looking for candidates who are certified in BPM. In fact, of 67 BPM job descriptions the Gartner researchers examined, not one included a requirement for BPM certification. Instead, most were seeking hard skills such as Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and Six Sigma, and soft skills such as change management.” — Anne Stuart

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is business process professional. The Association of Business Process Management Professionals is offering a new certification for business process pros which is renewable every three years.

Overheard – Is IT insourcing just a temporary solution?

Margaret Rouse — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:57:40 +0000

Only 9% of CIOs said they planned to increase IT outsourcing this year, according to the latest update to Gartner Inc.’s 2009 CIO Agenda survey, and many are considering insourcing previously outsourced functions.

IT insourcing can bring jobs, cost savings back in-house, experts say

The survey, which ranked CIOs’ top priorities, found that “improving business processes” topped the list once again this year, with 57% naming it as a top concern. Following that was “reducing enterprise costs” with 51% and “improving enterprise workforce effectiveness,” which was up three spots from last year and garnered 37%.