Business Process Management (BPM)

BPM - Business Process Management (BPM) is a management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It is a holistic management approach that promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. Business process management attempts to improve processes continuously. It could therefore be described as a "process optimization process." It is argued that BPM enables organizations to be more efficient, more effective and more capable of change than a functionally focused, traditional hierarchical management approach. BPM and workflow are commonly used interchangeably, although they are not necessarily the same thing.

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Stibo Systems, May 14, 2011 08:10 AM, http://www.stibosystems.com/US/Resources/Glossary/B.aspx