Business Process Management - Agility BPM™

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Agility BPM™ offer to my business?

Agility BPM™ offers a Workflow Management System, Graphical Process Modeling, and Automated Data Collection.  All of these together enable your business units to align with IT and be more agile and quick to respond to business change.

What kind of processes can be automated?

• Human Resources – Candidate recruitment and management, new employee intake, HR forms automation, performance reviews, disciplinary action, performance management, time-off requests
• Accounting & Purchasing – Purchase orders, requisition requests, lease administration, asset tracking, document routing and approval, invoice review and approval, expense management
• Order & Service Fulfillment – order tracking, automated status notifications, vendor communications
• IT Department – new hire setup, user access setup and changes, support Sales & Marketing – prospect/customer follow-up, quote/proposal review, contract management, automated response, account management, online information requests, new customer setup

What does Agility BPM™ offer to our IT team?

Your IT team will benefit from both Business Process Orchestration and seamless integration with Web Services.  Your IT team can focus on the database and integration services required to execute the business process.  Although browsers, reports and specialized windows must still be provided by IT, the knowledge workers and business analysts can manage the configuration and activation of the detailed business process.

Does Agility BPM™ produced a workflow that is ready to go or do will have to do additional programming?

The resulting workflow is immediately available for execution…no additional programming is required!

What types of decision branching does Agility BPM™ allow?

Two types of decision branching are provided. True/False branching based on the evaluation of business rules and Switch branching which is similar to a “case of” statement.

What kind of trend analysis is included?

As the Workflow is executed, execution times for Workflows and Workflow Steps can be calculated and used to monitor the performance of business process designs, individuals and Functional Areas. These averages can also be used to evaluate the impact of changes made to a Workflow.

What kind of version control will I have with Agility BPM™?

Agility BPM™'s version control is quite robust!

• Versions are maintained for history.
• Versions can be scheduled for active and expiration dates.
• Transition from 1 version to the next is seamless.
• A Workflow started by one version will be completed by that version.
• Previous versions can be re-activated if necessary.
• Old versions can be re-run with historical data.