OMG™ and BPTrends are proud to announce the winners of the Business Process Management (BPM) Case Study Competition. The competition was open to organizations of all sizes, including government agencies that demonstrated an outstanding understanding of BPM. For more information on the winners, visit http://www.bpm-consortium.org/w-pr.

The goal of the BPM Case Study Competition was to highlight business success stories and lessons learned to provide proof points and insights for other organizations considering or pursuing BPM adoption. To qualify for the competition, the BPM project must have been completed with demonstrated business results. Because of the high quality of the submissions, the judges decided to designate both winners and runner-ups in categories where there were two especially fine submissions.

Best Overall Enterprise-wide BPM Effort – University of California, San Diego

Runner-up: Intel Corporation

Best Overall Single BPM Application – Arizona Public Service

Best BPM Application that Demonstrates the Use of Business Process Standards – European Union’s GENESIS Project

BPM Application that Demonstrates the Best Return on Investment – US Military Entrance Command (USMEPCOM)

Runner-up: Dickerson Financial Corporation (DFC)

“We know that Business Process Management can bring great value to an enterprise in terms of re-use, efficiency, compliance, optimization, etc. This is evident not by theory but by implementation,” said Karen D. Larkowski, general manager, OMG and BPM Consortium. “This competition provided great insight into the ways that companies are maximizing the performance of their business processes through BPM best practices and proof that the technology is mature and experienced resources are available."

“Over the past few years I’ve been asked to participate in judging several contests designed to identify outstanding BPM and BPMS applications. In most cases the applications reflected efforts by companies that were just learning about the technology, or they were narrowly focused efforts that only described a specific automation project. The OMG competition was very different,” said Paul Harmon, executive editor and founder, BPTrends. “Many companies submitted applications to the OMG contest, and several of these submittals were outstanding. These applications demonstrate that BPM has come of age and that companies are beginning to integrate a wide variety of business process technologies and standards to create useful, innovative, and valuable applications. Even more important, they demonstrate that a growing number of organizations are committing themselves to using processes to innovate and manage the way they do business.”

Entries were judged on the complexity of the business problem addressed, the ROI/Business Value achieved (Agility/Innovation/Flexibility), the level and sophistication of the cross-organizational collaboration (Business/Technical) and the usage of BPM approaches and supporting technology.

About BPTrends

BPTrends (www.bptrends.com) is the primary source of business intelligence for business executives and process change practitioners around the globe. Industry thought leaders provide analysis and opinion on trends, directions and best practices relating to all aspects of business process management. BPTrends is the most comprehensive, in-depth business process management resource devoted to educating and informing the market. The BPTrends BP Tools Reports are the most widely read reports on BP software tools available. With over 20,000 members, BPTrends is the largest community of BP Professionals in the world. BPTrends Associates, a BPM professional services company, provides executive education, training, mentoring and consulting services and has partnered with Boston University to deliver the BU BPM Curriculum and Certificate Program.

About the Object Management Group

OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies, including: Real-time, Embedded and Specialized Systems, Analysis & Design, Architecture-Driven Modernization and Middleware and an even wider range of industries, including: Business Modeling and Integration, C4I, Finance, Green Computing, Government, Healthcare, Insurance, Legal Compliance, Life Sciences Research, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics, Software-Based Communications and Space.

OMG’s modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML^®) and Model Driven Architecture^® (MDA^®), enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes, including IT Systems Modeling and Business Process Management. OMG’s middleware standards and profiles are based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA^®) and support a wide variety of industries.

More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org. OMG is headquartered in Needham, MA, USA.

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