Politics, power struggles mitigate BPM success
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A recent report by Gartner Research revealed that one-third of business process management (BPM) projects will fade out over the next few years because of executive power struggles, lack of collaboration and resistance to change at both executive and company-wide levels.
According to the report, titled Predicts 2012: Organizational Politics Hampers, Gamification Motivates BPM Adoption, 53 percent of the 157 BPM professionals surveyed said organizational politics were the main barrier to their success.
"BPM as a discipline requires an organization to change its culture and its work practices," said Elise Olding, research director at Gartner. "However, very often, this change can lead to power struggles between functional units or an unwillingness to adopt new ways of working, sometimes from senior individuals. These organizational politics can kill a BPM initiative."
Olding noted that while process management is frequently successful when applied to one-off projects at a departmental level, efforts to expand the initiative to larger-scale projects often stall.
Bringing in business process management consultants can help unify an organization behind a BPM initiative.
Business process management and technology investment
According to the report, titled Predicts 2012: Organizational Politics Hampers, Gamification Motivates BPM Adoption, 53 percent of the 157 BPM professionals surveyed said organizational politics were the main barrier to their success.
"BPM as a discipline requires an organization to change its culture and its work practices," said Elise Olding, research director at Gartner. "However, very often, this change can lead to power struggles between functional units or an unwillingness to adopt new ways of working, sometimes from senior individuals. These organizational politics can kill a BPM initiative."
Olding noted that while process management is frequently successful when applied to one-off projects at a departmental level, efforts to expand the initiative to larger-scale projects often stall.
Bringing in business process management consultants can help unify an organization behind a BPM initiative.
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