A Strategy for Implementing BI/BPM to Gain Competitive Advantage

by Greg Mancuso, Al Moreno

Running a business in today's economy requires reliance on sophisticated and tightly integrated technology components. While it represents a natural progression in the effort to more effectively plan and deliver strategic goals, this shift to include technology in corporate decision making was forced upon companies by the need to comply with stringent regulatory controls such as the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the Basel II Capital Accord, and HIPAA. As a result, management has quickly recognized that there is no way to provide the necessary accountability, auditability, or information security demanded of it without tightly integrated technological support. The accompanying Executive Report explores the need for a reliable integration framework for these tools, the types of integration likely to be included in the process, and a method to deploy the framework.