
At the EAC 2011 in London (8-10 June), the BOC Group addressed the question of why and how to integrate EAM and BPM based on the EAM tool ADOit and the BPM tool ADONIS.
For many years now, Business Process Management (BPM) has been a widely accepted management concept. Recently, however, a growing number of organisations have also been implementing Enterprise Architecture Management. The reasons are obvious: steadily growing complexity of IT landscapes, rapidly-changing business models, business processes, and organisational structures in many business sectors, and soaring IT costs.
As a common asset for Process Owners, Business Analysts and Enterprise Architects, process architectures are the basis for strong Business/IT alignment and the establishment of a common language between IT and business.
At the EAC, the BOC Group presented a method for the integration of EAM and BPM and showed how to get the most out of both concepts considering their differences but also significant commonalities. The conference attendee showed great interest in Enterprise Architecture Management and the manifold features of the BOC Management Office supporting this concept. In particular, the conference participants were attracted by capabilities to provide role-specific dashboards for every stakeholder and various possibilities to analyse gathered information from different viewpoints.