discussion question

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CIS 349

PART 1:

1-2 PARAGRAPHS ONLY

"Agility and  Business Process Management (BPM)" Please respond to the following:

· Suppose that an organization did not use processes that were designed and built to be agile, particularly when it comes to IS / IT technologies. Predict the impact of environmental changes on an organization financially, socially, and in terms of survivability.

· A BPM model may help manage and streamline IT processes that are otherwise manually executed. Examine one enterprise manual process (i.e., purchase order approval) and propose two BPM models that would replace the process. Determine the IT resources that you would employ to automate the process (i.e., electronic documents instead of paper documents).

PART 2:

1-2 PARAGRAPHS ONLY

RESPOND TO A STUDENT POST (PICK 1):

1. William,

Suppose that an organization did not use processes that were designed and built to be agile, particularly when it comes to IS / IT technologies. Predict the impact of environmental changes on an organization financially, socially, and in terms of survivability.

An Agile structure is adaptable to change since it’s developed to be flexible. Even if processes don’t line up with those of an agile structure, little to no impact would take place on the financial, social, and survivability of the BPM. The only thing that could impact these areas are processes that don’t align with the Business Process Perspective.

2. Zykia,

Good morning class reading this chapter for this discussion i found out that ( BPM)is basically a set of tools, skills and optimizes set of IT processes 

An agile business process is basically a process that repeats to deliver through a consistent renewal  cycle design evaluate and deliver etc etc

if companies did not agile there would be no competition and no money coming in for companies it would not meet customer requirements 

So to replace the BPM model would use electronic scans and cloud storage systems that eliminates paper uses with personal information.

3. Shannon,

There is a significant amount of impact to the business. Time- if there is not a updated Business process Management system the business cannot retain a functional time line of the business that can also impact company cost and put them in financial crisis. The IT management process of a business is just as important for functionality. Project delays are also caused by IS enabled business processes. Discontinuing old rules that made the business under perform in the first place.

A BPM model that would help manage and streamline an IT process is Service tickets for installations. They are in one system that takes in the information location and customer name with phone number and given manually to the service rep. A BMP would optimize the existing system. Integration across processes within IT would be more productive.

4. Herman,

This topic is spot on this week. I work in an organization which lacks processes and lack people in positions with experience. Our IT person is using comcast routers for internet and wi-fi. It rarely works. I realized he is self taught. It has cost us more money buying software and things that don't actually fix the problem. The main problem is the personnel. We are working on a big data platform and application and we need a proper network infrastructure to support it. If we don't get an IT person in the office who understands IT and the needs of the organization, we are going to be in serious trouble. All of our practices are manual. We are a non-profit. An accounting system was put in place without any understanding of the procure to pay process. At this moment, when an admin wants to purchase something, she has to type on a word document, made to look like a PO and then bring the document along with three quote to the procurement manager. The procurement manager then goes into the accounting system and gives a po  that does nothing in the AP process. 

In order to automate this process, my suggestion would be to purchase an ERP system. The ERP system would automate the approval process, allow for goods receipt of purchased goods and allow po's to be issued directly from the system and sent electronically to the vendors.