- The document discusses applying agile development strategies to business process management (BPM) initiatives. It outlines key drivers for agile development like volatile requirements and the need for tight project control. - It analyzes popular agile methodologies like XP, Scrum, and FDD and determines that FDD is best suited for BPM due to its emphasis on solution definition by the business and high degree of collaboration. - A case study is presented of Navy Federal Credit Union, which used rapid prototyping, FDD methodology and out-of-the-box BPM functionality to deploy key processes in 1-2 months. This demonstrated benefits of combining agile development with BPM.

1. Clay Richardson Practice Leader, Business Process Improvement Project Performance Corporation Session Title: Applying Agile Development Strategies to BPM Initiatives

3. Agenda Key Drivers for Agile Development Agile and Collaborative Development Top 5 Agile BPM Features Agile BPM Case Study

4. Minding the Gap Between Vision and Execution

5. Traditional Execution - Factors Impacting Failed Projects Craig Larman, Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide , Addison Wesley Professional (2004) 37% of Factors are Requirements Related

6. Traditional Execution – Actual Use of Requested Features Craig Larman, Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide , Addison Wesley Professional (2004)

7. Agenda Agenda Key Drivers for Agile Development Agile and Collaborative Development Top 5 Agile BPM Features Agile BPM Case Study

8. BPM Promotes Agile and Collaborative Execution Emphasis Placed On Control and Requirements Emphasis Placed on Client-Valued Functionality

10. Which Agile Methodology Is Ideally Suited to BPM? Which Agile Strategy is Ideally Suited to BPM? Common BPM Project Requirements XP Scrum FDD Solution Definition Led by Line of Business   Volatile Solution Requirements    Tight Project Control and Reporting  High Degree of Collaboration Between Business and Technical Teams  

11. Agenda Agenda Key Drivers for Agile Development Agile and Collaborative Development Top 5 Agile BPM Features Agile BPM Case Study

13. Visio-style Modeling for Business Analysts BPMN and UML Modeling Standards

14. Simulate Possible Improvement Scenarios View Projected Metrics of ROI and Improved Efficiency. Quickly Incorporate New Changes to Process Model

15. Leverage Existing Business Processes and Models Wizard-driven Interfaces For SOA and Legacy Application Integration Leverage Existing Forms and UI Applications

16. Rapidly Prototype Features and Functionality Preview Features Before Moving to Full Implementation

17. Already Provided Build and Deployment Interface Version and Configuration Support Automated Archiving of Processes and Data

18. Key Drivers for Agile Development Agile and Collaborative Development Top 5 Agile BPM Features Agile Development Case Study

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