© 2009 IBM Corporation IBM BPM BlueWorks Overview & Key Features.

© 2009 IBM Corporation

IBM BPM BlueWorksOverview & Key Features

2 © 2009 IBM Corporation

Smart Work for a Smarter Planet

BPM BlueWorksGet Started Quickly with Cloud-Based BPM Tools

LearnLearn strategies, trends, and best practices for making smart process decisions

ExperienceCapture business intent, understand capabilities, sketch processes

CollaborateLeverage community insight and access shared content

OptimizeExtend strategy to drive processes improvement, and deploy with IBM BPM Suite



The BPM BlueWorks ExperienceAcquire Expertise, Map Strategy, Execute Processes

Access business & industry-specific content to understand the value of BPM

1.

Easy on-ramp to BPM suite to test & deploy process

4.

Collaborate with the community and leverage pre-built strategies, processes, and measures

2.

Capture business intent, capabilities, & process in the cloud

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Demos / Videos

Web casts / Pod casts

Best Practices

Papers / Case Studies

Process Maps

Strategy Maps

Capability Maps

Business Measures

Seamlessly Link Business Strategy to Process Execution



Understand the Business Value of BPMWith Pre-Built Content and Process Components

See the Business Value

Interactive demonstrations and scenarios to visualize the business value of BPM

Access Thought Leadership and Trends

Industry papers, reports, podcasts, and webcasts to make smarter process design and implementation decisions

Leverage pre-built BPM Business Designs

Industry and functional strategy, capability, and process maps for your business designs

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Build BPM Expertise Through Community With Online Collaboration and Asset Sharing

• Create profiles

• Post / read blogs

• Get expert answers to your BPM questions

• Sign-up to be a community expert

• Post events

• Submit content

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Contribute to the Community Submit Content to BPM BlueWorks

1. Review terms and conditions

2. Submit your content

• Tailored for business users (non-technical)

• Industry or function specific

3. Content will be reviewed by BlueWorks editors and posted if all submission criteria are satisfied

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Translate Strategy Into Process ImprovementWith BPM Business Design Tools

Strategic Intent & Motivation

Capture business strategy understanding that guides the operations and actions of the business

Operational Capabilities

Refine strategic intent into operational capabilities to identify transformation opportunities

High-Level Processes

Link operational capabilities to business processes to jump start automation

Process Maps

Capability Maps

Strategy Maps

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Capture Business IntentWith Strategy Maps

Build Comprehensive Strategies• Capture key business factors • Develop a measurable plan • Associate strategy withcore

competencies• Easily share strategies

Leverage Powerful Mapping Tools• Copy and paste into outline view • Export to PowerPoint • Link to capability maps• Add attachments• Color code for visual enhancement

Strengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

Goals

Actions

Measures

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Document Business Activities & CompetenciesWith Capability Maps

Capture Core Competencies• Define business activities • Highlight competencies and

capabilities • Associate capabilities with processes• Easily share definitions

Leverage Powerful Mapping Tools• Export to PowerPoint • Link to process maps• Add attachments• Color code for visual enhancement

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Define Core Business Execution With Process Maps

Map High-Level Business Processes

• Capture business activities, owners, and associated information

• Define BPMN sub-processes• Create critical decision branches • Easily share process maps

Leverage Powerful Mapping Tools• Export BPMN sub-processes

• Rational Asset Manager• File System

• Import BPMN sub-processes to WebSphere Business Modeler

• Print and convert processes to PDF

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Share Strategies & Processes Securely In a Zero-Cost Cloud Environment

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Secure Cloud Provisioning• Protect your content and process

assets• BPM assets only available to users

you select• Reap the cost benefits of working in

the cloud

Easily Share Content• Share BPM content, strategy maps,

capability maps and process maps• Within your organization• With the broader community



Powerful Process & Strategy Mapping Tools In the Cloud and Your BPM Installation

BPM BlueWorks New Feature packs for role-based business spaces

Business Leader

Business User

• Drive business understanding

• Work smarter with powerful task management

• High-productivity solution management

IT AdminBusiness

Leader

• Drive business understanding for process improvement

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Easy On-Ramp to IBM BPM Suite For Simulation, Testing, & Deployment

• Export BPMN artifacts to Rational Asset Manager or file system

• Import into WebSphere Business Modeler

• Directly deploy to test environment with interactive process design

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Continuously Optimize Business Processes With the IBM BPM Suite

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Model and Simulate• Align business strategy

and IT execution

• Assess, capture, and analyze core value processes

Deploy, Execute, and Change• Automate business processes to improve

efficiency and profitability

• Adapt and collaboratively respond to change

Monitor, Analyze, Predict and Act

• Business users monitor business performance and define new alerts based on KPIs

Governance and Compliance• Maintain business and IT consistency as

well as organizational and regulatory policy

• Manage and reuse IT administered services to streamline development and deployment



Get Started with BPM BlueWorks Sign up Today

Register Your Company

• The first registered user for a company / group becomes the BlueWorks administrator for the company

• Subsequent registrations for the company / group are approved by the administrator

System Requirements:

• Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher

• First time Firefox users will need the Adobe Flash Player

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