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Vital to achieving buy-in for your OpenText MBPM (formerly Metastorm BPM) migration is the ability to demonstrate project control and transparency - a good framework will assist in arriving at a compelling business-case.

These seven principles describe the overall philosophy of Lean BPM, and all seven must be present in any Lean BPM practice or methodology for the full benefits of Lean BPM to be realized.

While sharing similar concepts, Business Process Management and Workflow Automation Software are very different in terms of their offerings and capabilities.

Business Process Management (BPM)

Characterizes a series of activities independent from specific applications

• BPM is a superset of workflow

• It is distinguished by its ability to coordinate activities  and tasks among users

• BPM connects disparate systems enabling seamless data sharing and universal control from a single interface

• Business processes, once defined, are modeled, automated, managed and optimized to be effective, cost efficient and achieve high operational performance

• It is used to capture, evaluate and analyse information from outside sources efficiently and effectively

• With the ability to distinguish between execution rules and the actual flow of the process, BPM rules allow you to govern your processes