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By DAVID McGOVERAN
BPMS Concepts, Part 2
ome vendors, analysts, and members of the press still equate • Mutual scheduling of business functions and the resources
Business Process Management Systems (BPMSes) with work- required to execute them at each step of an instance of the
Sflow management systems. Though many business process ideas process
have a heritage in workflow, there are reasons not to equate them. (For • Dynamic modification of business processes and instances of
more on that, see my article in the March 2000 issue of eAI Journal.) those processes based on analysis of business metrics to
Because the BPMS market and technology are still immature evolve the business.
and workflow management systems have evolved in various
ways, it’s useful pare and contrast an ideal BPMS and These considerations and the tasks listed above imply the fol-
classical workflow management, thereby avoiding an indictment lowing defining characteristics for the ideal BPMS:
of existing products of either type. As we shall see, the BPMS
market must not be viewed simply as an evolution of the market • Management focus is on strategic optimization of business process
for classical workflow. Although overlapping in technological in response to business opportunities (requiring process instance
function, the ultimate goals and benefits of BPMS and workfl