BPM CBOK Version 3.0: Guide to the Business Process Management Common Body Of Knowledge

by Tony Benedict, Nancy Bilodeau, Phil Vitkus

This Guide to the BPM CBOK(TM) provides a basic reference document for all practitioners. The primary purpose of this guide is to identify and provide an overview of the Knowledge Areas that are generally recognized and accepted as good practice. The Guide provides a general overview of each Knowledge Area and provides a list of common activities and tasks associated with each Knowledge Area. It also provides links and references to other sources of information which are part of the broader BPM Common Body of Knowledge.

Genres: Reference, Management

446 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2013

Reviews

[Tim Nowotny · Rating 2 out of 5]

First and foremost: You need the book to ace your certificate if you are doing no further curses. The questions are quite general but from the logical standpoint many answers could be right (depending on the circumstances): so let this book be your guide.
If you are planning to learn something about project management though, there are plenty of better books. A very common termin here is "We could not go any deeper in this book". It is very general and the groundwork depends in my opinion on a very idialistic take of an organisation.
All in all a fast read, a good certificate but not anything for your work and/or projects.

[Zaher Alhaj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great comprehensive reference for BPM professionals. But one has to be aware that it does not touch on the more advanced areas in BPM. If you are an expert in BPM and want to delve deeply into the subject, you can check "The Complete Business Process Handbook: Body of Knowledge from Process Modeling to BPM" by Mark von Rosing (Author), Henrik von Scheel (Author), August-Wilhelm Scheer (Author).
Topics that I think can be addressed in the future versions are:
- Intelligent Business Operation.
- The role of BPM in Business Transformation and Business Architecture .
- The BPM and Advanced Analytics.
- The role of BPM in Business Models (i.e. Business Model Canvas).
- BPM and Adaptive Case Management (ACM).
- How to apply Social Media and BPM
- How to link Strategy to Operation with value-driven BPM.
- BPM Maturity assessment.
- BPM and Data/Information Modeling.

However, whether you overestimate or underestimate your BPM experience depends on your self-image :)

[Alaeddin Hallak · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very informative high-level look at BPM and associated BPMS. My key takesaway is a newfound appreciation of BPM as a management discipline that is responds to (and influences) the organization's strategy.

[Justin Aquino · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of the Basic Education in Management. Without the language and processes here, its going to be hard to communicate key ideas when seeking to professionalize and systematize a company's processes.