Process Visualization: An Executive Guide to Business Process Design Book

Playing With Processes Is Serious Business Executives often make huge investments in technology and change initiatives without truly knowing what they will be getting, or how new processes will impact the business. And if business processes are not right from the beginning, then the people and technologies involved in the change— perhaps even the business itself— risk failure. Process Visualization provides a proven, effective, and step-by-step method for senior managers and executives to get change right from the beginning by visualizing the end-to-end business processes that drive supply chains and value chains. Using the methods of Participative Theatre, Process Visualization brings processes to life like a movie or a play. Business-led and not technology-driven, this guide gives executives an innovative approach to "experiencing" processes that can't really be seen. It allows non-technical managers to simulate and experiment with new business models, emerging technologies, and marketplace relationships before going down the expensive road of implementation. Process Visualization - Offers a creative and innovative way to understand, design, and approve business process changes. - Creates engaging experiences for all stakeholders and team members involved in change initiatives. - Provides, through Process Thinking, a common language and a fresh method that enables readers to express their design ideas, test new approaches to solving problems, and be assured that the design is "right" for the business before implementation. - Outlines a humanizing approach that brings business process design to life, and allows executives to see clearly the impact of their decisions on the business and the people involved. - Presents a step-by-step, how-to approach for executives and senior managers that allows them to actively participate in, and better understand, the design and effects of major change initiatives. - Features an in-depth case study of a major North American retailer that used Process Visualization to launch the business process design of their multi-million-dollar supply chain change initiative. - Facilitates tangible results in any major change initiative: reduces costs, reduces failures, compresses the strategy-to-execution cycle, increases return on investment, and improves effectiveness across the entire supply/value chain.Read More