The document provides an overview of the Association of Business Process Management Professionals (ABPMP). It describes ABPMP as a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing BPM concepts and practices. The organization's mission is to promote BPM, develop a common body of knowledge, and contribute to advancing BPM professionals. ABPMP produces educational and networking events and has active chapters across the United States. It is working to develop certification programs and curricula to further establish BPM as a professional discipline.

1. Overview of ABPMP
BPM-BOK

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Professional Association
• The Association of Business Process
Management Professionals is a non-profit,
vendor independent professional
organization dedicated to the
advancement of business process
management concepts and its practices.
ABPMP is practitioner-oriented and
practitioner-led.

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Our Mission
• The mission of ABPMP is:
– to engage in activities that promote the practice of
business process management,
– to develop a Common Body of Knowledge in this
field, and
– to contribute to the advancement and skill
development of professionals who work in this
discipline.
• ABPMP produces educational and networking
events for continuing education and sharing of
best practices, new ideas, and experiences of its
members and professional colleagues.

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Growth
• Began 2003 in Chicago
• Active Chapters Today
– Chicago
– Metro New York
– Philadelphia
– Portland, OR
– Southeast Michigan
– Washington, D.C.
• New Chapters Forming
– Atlanta
– Boston
– Cincinnati
– Dallas
– Denver
– Phoenix
– Saint Louis
– San Diego
– SF Bay Area
– Tampa Bay

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Education Committee
• Yvonne Antonucci, PhD, Professor Widener University
• Marty Bariff, PhD, Professor Illinois Institute of Technology
• Tony Benedict, MBA, BPM Practitioner, Consultant, Adjunct Faculty Univ. of
Pittsburgh
• Brett Champlin, MBA, BPM Practitioner, Adjunct Faculty Univ. of Chicago
• Bruce Downing, PhD, BPM Practitioner, Consultant
• Jason Franzen, MBA, BPM Practitioner, Consultant
• Sandra Lusk, BPM Practitioner, Consultant
• Dan Madison, MBA, Author, Consultant, Adjunct Faculty Univ. of Chicago
• Bill Merx, BPM Practitioner
 Andrew Spanyi, Author, Consultant, Researcher & Adjunct Faculty Babson
College
 Mark Treat, MBA, BPM Practitioner, Author, Consultant
 Committee Chairs

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What are we doing?
• Developing a BPM Common Body of Knowledge
(first draft release ~May 2007)
• Developing Model Curricula for BPM
• Developing Training Endorsement Program
• Developing Professional Certification Program
• Developing Seminars
• Developing links with Academia

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Building Blocks
Values, Beliefs, Culture, Leadership
Process Management Technologies
9
Business Rules
Management System
10
Performance
Management System
7
Process Repository
Administration System
8
BPMS – Execution,
Orchestration,
Integration
4
Process Modeling
6
Process Design
5
Process Analysis
3
Process
Organization
2
Process
Management
1
Enterprise Business
Process Management

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Chapters
Preface
• Introduction to Business Process Management
• Enterprise Process Management
• Business Process Management Organization
• Process Modeling
• Process Analysis
• Process Design
• Process Implementation
• BPM Systems
• Process Repository Administration
• Conclusion/Next Steps
Appendices
o Model BPM Curricula
o Reference Disciplines
o BPM Glossary

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Preface: Defining the Nature and Role of
the BPM Professional
• BPM Professionals – Business or IT
practitioners?
• BPM as a management discipline and a set of
technologies that support that discipline
• BPM as the dominant management paradigm for
21st century
• Process and Performance Management
• New Roles in BPM
• BPM Center of Excellence
• The Business Process Professional

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1. Introduction to Business Process
Management
• What is Business Process Management?
• BPM Critical Success Factors
• BPM “professional space”
• BPM Sub-Disciplines (major topics)
• BPM Lifecycle
• Process Controls & Metrics
• Process Performance Management

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2. Enterprise Process Management
• Definition of Enterprise Process Management
• Process Governance
• Process Portfolio Management
• Outsourcing
• Benefits of EPM
• Best Practices in EPM
• From Planning to Action

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3. Business Process Management
Organization
• The Process Enterprise
• Process Roles
– Process Owner
– Process Manager
– Process Analyst
– Process Designer
• Organizational Structures
– Process Council
– BPM Office
– Centers of Excellence
• Team Based Performance

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4. Process Modeling
• Definition of Process Modeling
• Purpose of Process Modeling
• Process Modeling for EPM
• Levels of Process Models
• Manual & Technology Assisted Modeling
• Diagramming Notations
• Diagramming, Mapping, and Modeling
• Model Characteristics/Attribution
• Simulation
• Model Quality

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5. Process Analysis
• Continuous Analysis
• Event Triggered Analysis
• Analyzing a Process
• Analysis Techniques
• Analyzing Human Performance
• Assessments and Methodologies
• Process Frameworks
• Critical Success Factors

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6. Process Design
• Process Designer
• Design Team
• Roadmap for Process Design
• Preparing for Process Design
• Key Activities in Process Design
• Process Design Principles

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7. Process Implementation
• What is BPM Implementation?
• Activities Involved in Process Implementation
• Implementation Frameworks
• Project Management
• Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Implementation Metrics
• Perpetuating the BPM Lifecycle

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8. Business Process Management
Systems
• What is a BPMS?
• BPM Technologies
• Modeling, Analysis & Design Technologies
• Implementation & Execution Technologies
• Management Decisions, Performance
Measures, and Administrative Activities
• Trends and Convergence of BPM Systems
• How to Select and Implement BPMS

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9. Process Repository Administration
• Why is Process Repository Administration
Important?
• Activities involved in Repository Administration
• Managing Models
• Integrating Models
• Model Ownership
• Managing Repository Change

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10. Conclusion/Next Steps
• BPM Success Factors
• Assessing Organizational BPM “Maturity”

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Appendices
• Model Curricula
– Undergraduate Degree
– Graduate Degree
– MBA Concentration
– Training
• Reference Disciplines
– List of related fields
• Glossary
– Definition of Terms and acronyms

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