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		<title><![CDATA[BPM Viewpoint: Where There's Hype, There's Hope]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=241802]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Predicting" the company's financial future has always been core to Business Performance Management BPM systems, and the analysis of corporate data has become an increasingly important feature of management reporting systems over the past few years. The basic functionality underlying today's "Predictive analytics" uses data from the past to generate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Best of BPM: Visionaries Set the Tone for the Future of Performance Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176148]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By evaluating Vision Awards entrants over the past 10 years, the author has had the pleasure of seeing BPM systems and processes demonstrably improve the management of a wide variety of organizations. The winners have established leading approaches to performance management that many other businesses have been inspired to follow....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cognos Signs OEM Agreement with Lombardi Software to Embed BPM Capabilities in Analytic Applications; Companies Share Vision for Integrating Business Intelligence and Business Process Management for Corporate Transformation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_April_3/ai_n16116213]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas -- Lombardi SoftwareR, the leader in Business Process Management BPM software for Global 2000 companies, today announced a strategic OEM agreement with Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management CPM. Cognos plans to embed Lombardi Software's TeamWorksR within its prepackaged Analytic Applications to deliver...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Measuring Customer Value: How BPM Supports Better Marketing Decisions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176159]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Marketing spending is critical. It directly affects both corporate revenues and earnings. That's why companies need to treat the marketing budget as a precious and scarce resource. Figuring out how to generate the highest possible long-term returns on how and where marketing spends money should be a priority for Business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Cream of the BPM Crop]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=158089]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies have made great progress in improving their Business Performance Management BPM systems and methodologies over the past year. They've sharpened their metrics and enhanced their ability to tie those measures to their strategic plans. And they've leveraged BPM tools to develop a performance-based culture; increasingly, forward-looking BPM practitioners are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does BPM Build Shareholder Value?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=155190]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This article highlights that Business Performance Management BPM-enabled companies have a better chance of spotting a potential earnings shortfall while it's still on the horizon, and that forward visibility gives them time to correct the deficiency or at least dilute negative results before the end of the reporting period. But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Integrating BPM and ERM: Reengineering Corporate DNA to Boost Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=169063]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business performance management and enterprise risk management are both on many management teams' radars. Combining them into a unified performance management framework provides great insights into the organization's future prospects. The integration of a view of business risk into a company's overall Business Performance Management BPM strategy is absolutely critical. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Understanding Profits Through BPM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=155191]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Revenue minus costs equals profit. The equation is concise, simple and misleading, as most everyone who's analyzed profitability in detail can attest. Most companies have a pretty good idea of how much they spend on raw materials for each widget they produce. But those that dig no deeper into profitability...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Optimizing the Scalability/TCO Ratio in BPM Implementations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156008]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Performance Management BPM initiatives can deliver extraordinary value to the business. The extent to which they become one rather than the other is contingent on making the right choices from the start. This typically results in faster response to emerging opportunities, quicker detection and remediation of poor performance, more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shifting Strategies: Pragmatism and Other Trends in BPM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=169064]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Widely accepted best practices suggest that companies need to implement a comprehensive, enterprisewide solution before they can realize the many potential benefits of Business Performance Management BPM. The idea that BPM can't add incremental value until the organization has a clear strategic vision for it is old-school thinking. BPM buyers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is BPM Performing?: Surveys Highlight the Market's Needs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=169068]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Most users are not very satisfied with their performance management software. Vendors need to improve customer service, and buyers need to minimize the number of systems they're running. The performance management software marketplace is a rough-and-tumble world. But over the next few years, as Business Performance Management BPM moves into...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Selling BPM: How to Get Traction for an Initiative]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176157]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the most difficult part of implementing Business Performance Management BPM is getting the initiative off the ground. By using a more rigorous planning process, BPM champions can avoid issues that slow progress and undermine results. CFOs are increasingly viewing BPM as an important tool for improving their company's performance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BPM Meets Employee Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies that have achieved some success with Business Performance Management BPM systems sometimes find themselves eyeing an ambitious goal: tying employee performance directly to overall corporate strategy. This is the ultimate BPM challenge because it requires a degree of integration between financial and Human Resource systems that few organizations have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Project Management and BPM: Connecting the Dots]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156126]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With a Business Performance Management BPM system, finance executives can easily compare a project's performance with its original goals. And they can scrutinize their ongoing initiatives to identify those that continue to warrant funding and those that may need to be scaled back or terminated. While most organizations use dedicated...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Progress in the BPM Marketplace Breeds Complexity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, the Business Performance Management BPM industry has grown substantially, creating new questions for buyers in search of the best solution for meeting their needs. The ranks of BPM software vendors are swelling. At the end of 2003, there were approximately 60 providers of these systems. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Link to Better BPM]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156412]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes a Business Performance Management BPM software initiative click? In a word, it's linkage. A BPM system can help a company strengthen the links between its strategic objectives and the metrics that support them; improve communication among its departments, for example by leveraging Web-based functionality; and tie individual employees'...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BPM Strengthens Tax Consolidation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156518]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When one reviews all of the corporate functions in which Business Performance Management BPM software is frequently applied, the tax department doesn't even make a showing. At many companies, the function works at cross-purposes with the idea of becoming more transparent, while BPM is designed to enhance visibility throughout the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How BPM Benefits Customer Relationship Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156643]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Like a person with poor sight putting on glasses for the first time, that's the analogy some finance executives use to describe what happens when a company leverages its Business Performance Management BPM software to analyze data from its Customer Relationship Management CRM tool. Gone is the fuzziness that usually...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A changing of the guard: new technology vendors crash the MSI Top 100, bringing added value to existing enterprise systems.(Cover Story)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3237/is_200407/ai_n7922056]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been some time since anyone dared to say publicly that we  are witnessing the dawn of a new economy. Such words surely conjure  images of the dot-corn era, which ended badly for almost everyone  associated with information technology.       But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Expanding BPM One Pain Point at a Time]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=157345]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Advocates of enterprise software initiatives often push for a quick, companywide rollout of their big new idea. Companies often go full throttle with Business Performance Management BPM software, but they may get better results by taking implementations slowly. According to most BPM practitioners who can look back proudly at what...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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