Business Process Management (BPM) has come a long way since it was first vaunted as the savior of modern business – the idea of managing the processes inside a business has spawned a plethora of companies offering software and apps that can help you with BPM, some more successful than others.
As a consequence of this new technology, organisations have spent plenty of time and money in the pursuit of efficiency and increased profits. Success however, as many have discovered to their disappointment, is not guaranteed simply by loading up some software and telling employees to use it. A lack of knowledge and understanding of the processes around implementing effective BPM strategy and projects is the single biggest factor for failed BPM implementation and when BPM projects fail there is
always a cost involved as sections of budget allocated to technology and consultants melt away. So what are five key reasons for BPM projects crashing and burning?