Recent Blog Posts

Easy Exchange of Process Models Between Tools
For years now one of the great challenges faced by those using a process modeling tool is how to exchange data. With the advent of BPEL and XPDL the sharing of model data with execution tools became easier. Although as many of those who have tried...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 29th July '11

Lisbon through the eyes of Process
Last year, while at a conference, I was challenged by delegates! The challenge, should I be willing to accept it, was to test whether I really could find ideas and inspiration for process improvement all around me. We were to head out on a short...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 12th April '11

Is there really an Enterprise Architecture market?
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Gartner EA Conference in London. Although the event appeared to be well attended from a delegate perspective, the same cannot be said for the exhibitors! There were only 9 of...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 26th May '10

Playing With Casewise's New iPad App
If you have been following my tweets then you will know that I was lucky enough top pick up an Apple iPad a few weeks ago while in the USA, and I have to say I love it! Some of you may already be playing with it, while others may be waiting...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 18th May '10

Is BPMS just the new word for application development?
With the recent acquisitions of Lombardi and Savvion, some are questioning the long term viability of BPMS vendors. They may be right, they may be wrong, but certainly things are changing. If you look at some of the key players in the BPM...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 20th February '10

Oracle to buy Metastorm?
With the blogs and news services full of the story of IBM's acquisition of Lomabardi, I thought it might be nice to look at what else might be happening out there. As others have stated we have no idea of the price paid and so what premium or...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 17th December '09

Business Booming in France?
Last week I had the opportunity to spend a few days in Paris. It is a City that I know pretty well, having lived there in 2000. On this occasion though I was not there to admire the Christmas lights on the Champs Elysee or relax watching the world...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 17th December '09

What can BPM Vendors Learn From the iPhone?
Over the past few weeks I have been in contact with a lot more BPMS vendors than I would normally speak with. I have found it fascinating to see and hear how many of them are wrestling with the same issue. How can I make my product stand out from...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 5th November '09

Casewise; Taking a Fresh Look
Yesterday I was invited to attend a meeting of the Casewise User Group in Watford. As many of you know I am, of course, more familiar with the offerings from Popkin, MEGA and Proforma, having worked for those organizations. So it was good to have...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 15th October '09

"Chunking" as a Tool for Effective Process Communication and Change
The principle of Chunking is said to have first been put forward in the 1950s by George A. Miller, a Harvard psychologist. Most people today will be familiar with the theory he put forward The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two. The original...
Mark McGregor, MarkMcGregor.com | 21st April '09