In recent days I have every now and then in the BPM CBOK ® browsed. I think the first litter succeeded very well. The EABPM has in collaboration with the AABPM published a fundamental work on Business Process Management. BPM is defined here not just as an IT issue, but involves a very large part of organizational and technical content. The topic of BPM is divided into nine knowledge areas:

Business Process Management
This knowledge area describes and defines the basic elements of BPM. Here, many descriptions and definitions are very general. This can still produce a uniform overall understanding of the topic BPM. There are all touched on other areas of knowledge of the BPM to the reader a brief overview of a very complex and extensive subject grant.

Process Modelling
In the CBOK in general no modeling notation for business processes as a standard is defined. Rather, in this field of knowledge different modeling notations are presented (EPK, LOVEM, UML, BPMN). Although I in the running of the chapter but often had the feeling that BPMN is used as the preferred notation (eg page 70 degrees of completion of the process models: "... not too far from the BPMN standard recording differ ..."). Moreover, also different modeling views, techniques and survey methods presented.

Process Analysis
Here are the different ways the actual analytical processes are shown and described various types of analysis. One finds again the different perspectives on a process (IT and other times, as well as from a management perspective) and can again choose the basis of which analysis and depth. Above all, the vocabulary of process analysis are defined here in detail and illustrated with examples. This, in my opinion a very important point. It is only when all parties understand the analysis results equally appropriate measures can be initiated.

Process design
In the design process, the modeled processes are further specified. It presents several principles and addressed the planning for the implementation of the processes in an IT environment. With the results from the analysis, the new processes developed or existing processes are optimized.

Process performance measurement
The continuous monitor and measure the processes for determining the efficiency and effectiveness of the processes is realized through the process of performance measurement. The definition of KPIs and measurement methods are an essential component. The simulation of processes takes place, according to BPM CBOK ® in the performance measurement process and not in the process analysis.

Process implementation and deployment
For the redesign and implementation of processes are different methods (Six Sigma, Lean, TQM, etc.) are presented. By the definition of a BPM life cycle, the processes can be assigned to the different status of life and find an appropriate treatment.

Process management organization
As the title suggests, here are different roles and organizational structures presented. Here are the different business models are compared and given recommendations for the establishment of a process-oriented business organization.

Business Process Management
Topics include the process of portfolio management and Bussiness IT alignment. We present different process reference models and maturity level. Some approaches are ways to show how the maturity of the processes can be further increased.

BPM technologies
In this field of knowledge is trying to clean up the terminology BPM technologies. Hiebei is mainly divided into BPM Application (BPMA) and BPM-Suite. With a suite of BPM systems (BPMS) includes. In addition to this subdivision of the various applications commonly used standards are relevant to BPM are described.

My Conclusion
Based on the numerous references in this book you can tell if you could fill a whole library of books with BPM. For an overview of the vast subject of BPM, the book is very well suited. At some points I would have liked more specific information, which would fail but destined to today's reality (eg, concrete definitions of terms). The structure of the book seems logical and also the structure of the individual areas of knowledge seems to have succeeded. Here I like that are described for each field of knowledge, the roles involved. The many graphics and vivid descriptions, the book reads very well.

I will personally make sure that the future in my vocabulary to the BPM CBOK ® BPM corresponds to medium term there may be a common understanding about BPM. I'm really looking forward to the ® certification for CBPP. And how the training will be developed for this purpose. So far I think only a few training sessions to consider the issue of BPM in general. But this is a slightly different topic ...