Provisioning: An information worker can package information needed by other participants in a business process into a seed package. Seed created by hub system can contain a broad range of things, including assemblies from orchestrations, BAM views, and BAM activities, a profile for system generating the package. After a system receivies a seed package, its […]
BAS are meant to be used by business people, and not by developers, it makes sense to expose them through familiar tools. BAS = BAM + TPM + BPC + BPP TPM: Establishing connections requires agreeing on several things Common protocol Format messages Process that will derive business. BPC: Business process configuration helps information workers […]
Here are a few basic tips some of the team came up with that helped BizTalk beginners comprehend the EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) domain, especially in a Microsoft BizTalk context. Integration projects don’t follow ‘water fall model’. Most basic need of integration is; ‘ messages generated from one application must be sent to another application […]
Most IT systems are planned for 5+ years but the employees required to keep this system running have a half-life of much less than that. This brings home the inevitable reality of having to transition the project/product/solution possibly multiple times during its lifespan. The IT industry is plagued by steady growth, which means lots of options […]
This article is a continuation of our series (part 1, part 2) on entrepreneurship in the enterprise. This specific one deals with HOW to go about doing that. Below is a set of specific recommendation that can help consulting firms looking to make their teams: contribute to the top line take ownership of BUSINESS problems […]
Most companies would like their managers to take on more responsibility, help with the company’s top line and take ownership of what they deliver, in essence wanting them to be entrepreneurial within the structure of the organization. Several factors differentiate an entrepreneur from a corporate manager. The differences between the two can help develop an […]
Most consulting firms have several key partners that contribute to the company’s top line. Unlike other businesses, consulting firm’s reliance on these partners is extremely high and keeping them happy and maintaining a sense of fair compensation becomes central to the survival of the business. We enlist a few of the most popular compensation models […]
All management consulting firms, big and small, want to utilize their resources optimally. However, most don’t want to invest the time required to actually find out about ways in which it can be done. The first step however, is the easiest: improving their return on assets. For this they don’t have to do anything new. Here […]
One of the key factors in choosing partners is partner size. The size of the firm will usually determine the depth of their specialization, their price, their eagerness to work with you. Fortune 500s have recently seen a move away from large players largely because of their rigidity and due to challenging economic conditions. Reasons […]
Business growth generally has to do with progressively improving assets of the company. Assets being the things that earn the company money. Consulting businesses are no different except that the key assets are not as clear to see. Two key assets of the firm are 1. Net Skill of the employees in the organization 2. […]