Live blogging from ARIS UserDay starts tomorrow

BPM is coming home! Tomorrow, the 2 day event ARIS UserDay 2009 starts and BPM minds meet in Saarbrücken, Germany at the headquarter of IDS Scheer. The event consists of customer presentations, hands-on sessions, product presentations and discussions.

Live blogging from ARIS UserDay starts tomorrow

ARIS Express released

It was a tough race against our counter. Since more than 150 days this counter was running down to the final release date of ARIS Express. And it was publically visible all the time! We almost made it on time, just one hour late ;-)

ARIS Express released

For ARIS Community members only! 50 ARIS UserDay tickets for just 99 Euro

ARIS UserDay 09 will start on September 22 at IDS Scheer headquarters in Saarbrücken (Germany). As the project manager for this unique ARIS event I`m very happy that I got 50 tickets for just 99 Euros each for the ARIS Community . Register now because they will be gone soon! Highlights and your benefits

For ARIS Community members only! 50 ARIS UserDay tickets for just 99 Euro

Get ready for the new generation of Process Intelligence with ARIS PPM 5

Skip this part if you already know about Process Intelligence For those of you who don’t know about process intelligence, here is a short introduction to the topic. Process intelligence analyzes and optimizes the performance of processes that are executed using IT systems. Usually you start by identifying a process which is critical for your business. One example could be an order-to-cash process...

Get ready for the new generation of Process Intelligence with ARIS PPM 5

Data modeling layers in ARIS

Today I want to share some thoughts with you about data modeling in ARIS, because this topic is frequently discussed here in the community and also is subject of many internal discussions.

Data modeling layers in ARIS

ARIS UserDay 09 agenda – now online!

Find your topics of interest in the ARIS UserDay 09 agenda – now online!

ARIS UserDay 09 agenda – now online!

How Oracle BPA Suite and generic ARIS Platform products play together

In my last article I gave you an overview about the features of Oracle BPA Suite (OBPA) if you consider it as a single modeling tool. Now I want to explain how the ARIS products and OBPA are playing together at customer side. Positioning and field aspects

How Oracle BPA Suite and generic ARIS Platform products play together

Share your ARIS Express model!

Today is a big day for us, because we just released a new and important feature here in ARIS Community. As of today, you can upload and share your BPM models with everyone. Just create a model in ARIS Express, save the file, and upload it to ARIS Community. To have a running example, see the model on the left. The model shows the structure of the German government as of today. There is also a link...

Share your ARIS Express model!

Do we need service-oriented business management courses?

Implementing an SOA often proves difficult in practice and, ultimately, it’s not possible to deliver on all the promises associated with the subject. Failing to close the gap between operational and IT departments is one of the most common problems encountered, with the service-oriented application landscape not being fully aligned with the organization’s business processes.

Do we need service-oriented business management courses?

Where BPM and Twitter could meet

In little more than three years, Twitter , the free, real-time, short-messaging service (up to 140 characters, so called tweets), has become one of the dominant communication tools in an increasingly Internet-dependent world. Like other social networking tools, it has quickly monopolised a specific form of interaction, in this case micro-blogging.

Where BPM and Twitter could meet

Enterprise Architecture Quiz - Test your EA knowledge now!

With 92 percent, a clear majority of the respondents of the survey believes that EA should be determined by the vision, strategy and objectives of the company. Yet, only 40 percent of them actually included objectives and policies in their EA program. The alignment of business and IT is seen as the most important argument for organizations to start using EA. At the same time, connecting IT...

Enterprise Architecture Quiz - Test your EA knowledge now!

Oracle BPA Suite – What’s behind?

Developing a solution to get from ARIS models to execution took some years and last week I presented some episodes from this time . As an example, I looked specifically at the development of Oracle BPA Suite, which includes an OEM version of different ARIS Platform products. Today, I want to give you some details about Oracle BPA Suite.

Oracle BPA Suite – What’s behind?

ARIS Express beta available to everyone!

Last week we conducted the first part of ARIS Express beta test. We released the beta version to more than 700 registered beta testers. More than 60% of the registered beta testers already gave ARIS Express a test drive and reported the issues they found. To all beta testers: Thank you for your contribution!

ARIS Express beta available to everyone!

From ARIS to execution: looking back at history

Today, ARIS is used by many partners to enhance their offerings. Getting to a state where every major middleware vendor is using and recommending ARIS, was a long way to go. Today, I like to share with you the history behind Oracle BPA Suite, which is an OEM version of ARIS sold by Oracle. In 2004, the ARIS Implementation Platform consisted of only two parts: ARIS for mySAP and P2A...

From ARIS to execution: looking back at history

BPM is coming home - ARIS UserDay ´09

Finally, ARIS UserDay ´09 has been kicked off! I am looking forward to the “BPM is coming home”-event on September 22-23 at the IDS Scheer headquarters in Saarbruecken. It´s the chance to see where ARIS comes from, meet the development and get in touch with all responsible and experts.

BPM is coming home - ARIS UserDay ´09