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Recent BPI Articles

March 2012 from KPI Library – “Well this is not an exhaustive list by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a list of the bad habits I see the majority of my clients consistently practicing when it comes to choosing, creating and using performance measures or KPIs. We reap what we sow, and [...]

2012 from The Institute of Management Accountants – “…The single most critical challenge facing accounting and financial professionals working in organizations is streamlining processes and improving productivity in order to reduce costs. It can be considered “table stakes” for most organizations—something key to their survival.
Other key concerns include the challenge of running a global business [...]

January 31, 2012 from CGMA Magazine – “We introduced the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in a January 1992 Harvard Business Review article and a 1996 book, now translated into 24 languages. Before speculating about the future, we want to anchor everyone on where the BSC is today since many, while familiar with the foundational ideas, may [...]

February 6, 2012 from BusinessFinance – “Finance, like other key corporate functions, is under pressure to reduce operational costs while increasing the business value it generates for the larger enterprise. To do so, executives need reliable information that can help them understand whether they are accomplishing their objectives and how their performance stacks up against [...]

Recent Project Management Articles

November 2011 from ACA Group and written by Lisa Anderson – “…One of the largest and most commonly repeated mistakes is to forget about the culture.  It doesn’t matter if you’ve purchased the latest, best, world-class system; if you haven’t considered your culture in your selection and implementation plans, you can count on failure…”
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December 2011 from Project Times – “…In a recent webinar, Joseph Grenny hypothesized that the root cause underlying these and other problems in projects is failure to effectively hold crucial conversations.  It is the Abilene Paradox in action, where silence or avoiding difficult confrontations robs the project team and its organization of the ability to [...]

August 21, 2011 from the Toronto Star – “Ambitious IT projects are ticking time bombs that can bring down corporations if they’re not carefully managed to come in on time and on budget, warns a study in the Harvard Business Review.
The Oxford University researchers examined 1,471 information technology projects, in private and public sectors, comparing [...]

October 13, 2011 – I attended a Microsoft event in Toronto recently and Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, spoke about a number of interesting topics. One of them was about happiness. Roger’s view is that you 1) need to be a member of a community that values your involvement, 2) You [...]

Systems

BPI’s goal is to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes. Efficiency is about doing things right with the least amount of resources and effectiveness is about doing the right things. Doing the right things is often defined by an organization’s critical success factors, defined as what must be done in order for an organization to be successful. There are multiple tools that are used in BPI including project management, flowcharting and business process management. Corporate Performance Management also contains tools for BPI - See our BI / CPM portal.

The products have been segregated by tier based on target customer and price. Within each tier, we have further classified which applications are applicable to the systems as well as the distribution model. See the filter box above to sort for the desired tier, application, and distribution model.

Tier One/Enterprise (Customer Revenues > $200M, Customer Employees > 500, License Fees > $300k and Implementation Fees:License Fees > 2:1)

• Appian
• ARIS Platform
• Asta
• Metastorm
• Microsoft Project
• Pegasystems
• Primavera

Tier Two/Mid Market (Customer Revenues $10M-$200M, Customer Employees 50-500, License Fees $50k-$300k and Implementation Fees:License Fees 1:1-2:1)

• Appian
• Artemis
• Asta
• Metastorm
• Microsoft Project
• onProject
• Pegasystems
• Planview
• Primavera
• Savvion
• Ultimus

Tier Three/Entry Level (Customer Revenues <$10M, Customer Employees <50, License Fees <$50k and Implementation Fees:License Fees <1:1)

• Appian
• Artemis
• Microsoft Project
• onProject
• Planview
• Savvion
• Ultimus

VARs

Value Added Resellers (VARs) implement ERP products. However many of the products listed are also implemented by the companies that own the products.