Process innovation
January 7th, 2006 by jiri
‘The days when competitive advantage is based on code are gone,” he added, citing business processes and shared expertise as the true differentiators for any modern business.’ -JP Rangaswami, CIO of DRKW as quoted in Phil Wainewright: Recasting architecture
“[Trend no 2 for 2006 is] the rebirth of the business analyst - This role was buried during the dot com era. With Model Driven Development, interface to offshore, process modeling, simulation and organizational change management needs to be addressed, having a more solid industry/business foundation will be essential.” - Charlie Bess: My top trends for 2006
“[US auto industry] productivity growth stemmed from a number of factors, but the most significant one by far was process innovation - specifically, the adoption and deployment of lean manufacturing techniques pioneered by Japanese car companies. The report is clear that process innovation alone is not sufficient - capability building is the key to significant productivity improvement.” -John Hagel: Detroit - The Pressure Mounts