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Leonardo
Newsletter February 2009
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Focused Change for Survival
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by Lida du
Plessis
At the end of last year, against the backdrop of an emergent
worldwide economic crisis, an article by my colleague Alastair
Brooke in this newsletter described 2009 as The Year of Process
Management'. Alastair made a compelling case that successful organisations
will have, or will actively develop, a process management
capability. In this paper I'd like to illustrate, by way of a
fictive case study, how process thinking can assist organisations
to harness what Alastair referred to as the biggest opportunity for
change in over a decade.
What should an organisation do in the current economic environment?
That change is needed to weather the storm is clear. If your
customers are experiencing change and your suppliers are under
pressure and everything else around you is changing, you better
believe that you also need to change. Indeed you will change
whether you want to or not; better that you be in control of that
change. That this change will need to happen with very limited
resources, is also a reality. The phrase do more with less now has
an edge of brutal reality.
Organisations therefore need to identify the areas of change on
which to confidently focus their limited resources. Each
organisation needs to carefully design its own stimulus package.
How can limited, and perhaps diminishing, resources be invested to
gain the best return? What needs to change to enable survival? What
changes are mandatory rather than just desirable? How can these
mission critical changes be effected?
Click the link below to read the full article
http://www.leonardo.com.au/files/focused%20change%20for%20survival.pdf
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Free! A Library of Process valued at $1000
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Do you
want us to deliver to you a library of 15 BPM books from
contemporary thought leaders such as Paul Harmon, Roger Burlton,
Michael Rosemann, Tom Davenport, Alec Sharp and Andrew Spanyi?
To be in the draw there's just a couple of things you have to do:
register for the BPTrends Associates BPM Professional Certificate
Program on 18-24 May 2009 or the BPTrends Associates BPM Enterprise
Certificate Program on 25-28 May 2009 by midnight on 30 April 2009
be in the classroom for the draw
read and comply with the full Conditions of Entry as attached
think about where you might put a new BPM library!
Have a look at the books below which could be yours if you register
for a BPTrends course this May.
Want more information on the May Courses? Contact Harriet Hall at h.hall@leonardo.com.au
http://www.leonardo.com.au/files/Competition%20Flyer3.pdf
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Wow! The 2009 ProcessDays Program Just Released
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The
response we are looking for when you review the program for the
first time is "Wow!" Give it a try and let us know if we
have succeeded with our new format, new content, new speakers, new
venue and the same passion to give you an enjoyable and informative
ProcessDays experience.
ProcessDays 2009 is shaping up to be much 'more than just a
conference'. The program will be exceptional. There will be
practitioner case studies, senior executives and the highest
guru-per-hour rate of any conference you've ever attended!
At Leonardo ProcessDays you will not only be learning from
world-renowned subject matter experts and leading solution
providers, but also from your peers. Tailor the full program to
suit your particular requirements and interests. Gain insights from
your peers about their challenges, best practices and lessons
learned across many industries and the public sector.
Our theme at ProcessDays 2009 is Making Impact. BPM promises to
deliver improved organisational capability by understanding the
end-to-end processes that deliver value to customers. In an
increasingly complex and demanding world, the need is great, the
logic is compelling and the evidence of success is accumulating.
It's time to make an impact.
Start planning your personal ProcessDays program now by downloading
the program brochure below. General registration will open at 8:00
AM on 23rd March. Special registration is available now for bulk
booking and selected delegates contact Harriet at h.hall@leonardo.com.au.
http://www.leonardo.com.au/files/Leonardo-ProcessDays270209pdf.pdf
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Read Roger Tregear's Debut BPTrends Column yet?
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Leonardo Team Members blog about life in a Process
World
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In this
Global Economy Crisis employing Business Process Management ideals
in combination with Services-Oriented Architecture to do process
execution is the most logical step. We call this building composite
applications. Why would you spend money in both setting up this
Architecture and using technologies that allow process execution to
help you? Because it gives clear focus to how we might optimise,
shed and save.
Read more on BPM with SOA to help survive the GEC on Mervin
Chiang's blog:
http://executeprocesses.wordpress.com/
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Are you ready for ARIS 7.1?
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ARIS Business Performance Edition (ARIS 7.1) comes
with a heap of new features that the seasoned ARIS modeler will
appreciate and the end user like as it impacts the graphical
representation. There also some more improvements for BPMN modeling
in ARIS. To get the full picture, please find here the ARIS 7.1
Brochure from IDS Scheer (link to the attached pdf). Feel free to
contact us to learn how these new functionality can be applied in
your organization. ARIS 7.1 is now supporting the Six Sigma method.
Use our FREE ARIS 7.1 Readiness Upgrade
Special: Fill out our questionnaire about your ARIS
environment and we will advise you of any changes required to
ensure as smooth upgrade.
If you book us to do your ARIS upgrade in March or
April 2009 we will give you a $300 discount on our
special Leonardo ARIS Health Check (1 day).
Contact us about ARIS 7.1 and our specials at info@leonardo.com.au
http://www.leonardo.com.au/files/ARIS_Business_Performance_Edition_-_Brochure_en.pdf
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Leonardo Consulting Sydney are Moving Office
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As of
Monday 2nd March the Sydney office will have shifted to the caf
district of Surry Hills.
Full contact details are:
242 Riley Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
To talk to us from Monday on please call us via the Brisbane office
on 07 3831 5511
www.leonardo.com.au/index.asp?pageid=contact
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