BPM/SOA Case Study Competition Submission Form

 

If you prefer to e-mail your Submission Form, download the text file and e-mail it to becky@omg.org.

ALL FIELDS ARE MANDATORY.

 Company Information:
Company Name:   Company URL:  
Address 1:   Address 2:  
City:   State:  
Zip / Postal Code:   Country:  
 Project Leader's Information:
First Name:   Last Name:  
Title:   Email:  
Phone:      
 Contact Person's Information:
First Name:   Last Name:  
Title:   Email:  
Phone:      
 PR Contact's Information:
First Name:   Last Name:  
Title:   Email:  
Phone:      
 What is the primary industry for the company?
 

 If Other, please specify below:
 What is the primary business activity for the organization that completed the project?
 
 May a member of the judging team contact your team for additional information or clarification?

Yes

No


Questions:


1. What was the business challenge or problem addressed by the BPM/SOA project, and why was BPM, SOA or the combination selected to address this?

Guidance: What business group needed help that the BPM/SOA project supplied, and what particular areas of the business were impacted? Examples: Managing relationship (customer, partner, employee), Cost containment, Business process innovation, business process optimization, product innovation, new segment/markets/channels, merger and acquisitions, improved service delivery.

(500 words max)

 


2. When was the project started, how large was the project and how was it funded, and how long did it take to see results?

Guidance: As a business focused effort, was it funded by business or IT and how soon were business results seen from the effort?

(300 words max)

 


3. What was the planned and achieved ROI/Business Value (ie, improved agility, customer service, innovation, flexibility, optimization, resilience)?

Guidance: What were the business results seen, and where they tangible (savings/new revenue) or intangible (customer satisfaction)? Please include details and supporting data whenever possible (e.g., detailed ROI, proof of increased agility or flexibility, proof of efficiency, cost savings, evidence of improved customer satisfaction, etc.).

(500 words max)

 

4. How was the Project team organized and what types of business staff were on the team? How was cross-organization collaboration (Business/Technical) achieved? Was a Center of Excellence or Competency Center created?

Guidance: A key component of BPM and SOA success is business and IT collaboration. How did your project accomplish this?

(300 words max)

 

5. What methodologies did the project team employ? What methodologies and techniques continue to be used to measure, monitor and manage the resulting business changes?

Guidance: Did your team adopt a business or software engineering/delivery method such as Six Sigma, LEAN, Agile, or Model Driven Architecture (MDA)? How are you using metrics/KPIs to measure, monitor and continuously improve the delivered business processes and capabilities?

(300 words max)

 

6. What technology or software was used in the project? What vendors were involved? Was service re-use, process sharing, or resource (information, capability) harvesting considered? What was the most complex technical challenge encountered?

Guidance: Are there particular BPM and/or SOA enabling tools used, such as a BPM Suite, BPMS Engine, ESB, Modeling Tools or Testing Tools?

(300 words max)

 

7. What were the most significant lessons learned from the BPM/SOA project?

Guidance: If you were to do this same project again, what would you do differently?

(300 words max)

 

Please type this code 3TMw8 into the field below, to complete the registration:

 

 
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