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SOFTWARE AG:New Industry Research Finds That Gaps Remain in Business Process Management Maturity

/noticias.info/ * The “State of Business Process Management 2008” report concludes that most enterprises are at CMMI Level 2 in terms of adoption
* Majority of respondents believe that their current business processes are only “occasionally” or “never” supported by existing applications
* Interest in Business Process Management Suites grows dramatically year-over-year

According to a recent survey of nearly three hundred executives, major gaps in maturity remain despite growing interest in business process management (BPM) as an enterprise discipline. In terms of the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) scale, most enterprises in the research are described as Level 2 organizations that have begun to formally document their processes. However, these organizations have yet to fully implement an enterprise process architecture, systematically measure performance, or continually improve process efficiency and effectiveness at the enterprise-level, which is behavior associated with Level 3, 4 and 5 organizations respectively. The survey, “The State of Business Process Management 2008”, was conducted, analyzed and produced by BPTrends, the leading source of business intelligence for business process change with 20,000 members worldwide. Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, was the exclusive sponsor of the research.

“The BPM market continued to develop and expand in 2007 as most enterprises now recognize its strategic potential. More growth is expected in the current year,” said Paul Harmon, Executive Editor and co-founder of BPTrends, and co-author of the study. “The growing interest in business process management suites as a richer alternative to simply modeling processes was also noteworthy. Our research indicates that these organizations are typically more sophisticated in their overall approach to process management.”

Within the survey, half of the respondents said that their enterprises were pursuing BPM as a strategic discipline. More specifically, 26% of respondents described BPM as a “major strategic commitment by executive management” while another 24% noted that their organizations had made a “significant commitment to multiple high level process projects.” notas_de_prensa_archivo