BPM Summit USA takes over San Francisco!

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This update focuses on the upcoming BPM Summit in San Francisco in September. Apologies if you are not in the US, I will have some very good news for the rest of us next month. Meanwhile,

BPM Summit USA takes over San Francisco!

PEX Network recently conducted a survey with over 100 process and IT executives asking them what their top BPM challenges were. Then, they developed a conference agenda to help solve them.

The Business Process Management Summit (http://www.bpmsummitusa.com/BPGJuly) taking place in September 17th  - 20th in San Francisco, CA , is a BPM conference unlike any other. It brings together all of the necessary stakeholders from business, operations and IT in a vendor neutral environment to show you how to make outside-in, customer-centric BPM a reality for your organization.

And what’s more, the BP Group will attend the event with the Certified Process Professional Course designed for those seeking advanced professional skills in process management, process improvement, process alignment, customer centricity and innovation. Participants will be qualified as Certified Process Professionals.

With over 20 international experts, 5 cutting edge workshops and 15+ compelling case studies, this year’s Business Process Management Summit will provide you with the tools you need to enhance agility and drive breakthrough business performance.

To know more about the Summit and the CPP Training course view the event agenda here: http://bit.ly/13Lj1KI 

Looking forward to meeting you in September!

Steve Towers

San Francisco, September http://bit.ly/13Lj1KI (17-20 September)

Also,
Brisbane, Australia (next week) http://brisbanemasters2013.eventbrite.com/

Sydney, Australia, August 5-9 http://australiathewholedeal.eventbrite.com/

Dubai, UAE, August 18-22 http://uae2013.eventbrite.com/

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BPM Summit USA takes over San Francisco!

PEX Network recently conducted a survey with over 100 process and IT executives asking them what their top BPM challenges were. Then, they developed a conference agenda to help solve them.
The Business Process Management Summit (http://www.bpmsummitusa.com/BPGJuly) taking place in September 24th - 27th in San Francisco, CA , is a BPM conference unlike any other. It brings together all of the necessary stakeholders from business, operations and IT in a vendor neutral environment to show you how to make outside-in, customer-centric BPM a reality for your organization.

And what’s more, the BP Group will attend the event with the Certified Process Professional Course designed for those seeking advanced professional skills in process management, process improvement, process alignment, customer centricity and innovation. Participants will be qualified as Certified Process Professionals.

With over 20 international experts, 5 cutting edge workshops and 15+ compelling case studies, this year’s Business Process Management Summit will provide you with the tools you need to enhance agility and drive breakthrough business performance.

To know more about the Summit and the CPP Training course view the event agenda here: http://bit.ly/13Lj1KI
 
Looking forward to meeting you in September!

Steve Towers

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Certified Process Professionals (BP Group CPP's) history - (Registration database available to all CPP's)

The original Professional qualifications were introduced in Straford on Avon in the UK in 1994. Evolving from Business Analysis and separate Senior Executive sessions several financial organizations received customized prototype sessions evolving into the introduction in 2003 in the USA of the Certified Process Professional Level 1 - Optimization, and CPP Level 2- Alignment.
In 2006 An additional CPP Level 3 was introduced - Innovation.


Since inception in 1992 the BPGroup has delivered Open and Inhouse programs. Inhouse enables an organization to train trainers to deliver under license the CPP program. This table is the growth of Open qualified people. As of June 2013 we estimate the complimentary number of Inhouse qualified (based on license use) exceeds 100,000 Certified Process Professionals.

The Certified Process Professional Master was introduced in 2007 to support CPP Levels 4 - Performance Management and Level 5 - Integration and IT.

Developed exclusively in progressive organizations the tools and techniques have been tried and tested before their incorporation into the CEMMethod.
Now deployed in 116 countries and internalized the CPP Master qualification is the industry strength recognition of the professional standing of CPP Masters.





Further evolution of the Certified Process Professional program was introduced in 2009 as CPP Levels 6 - Strategy, and CPP Level 7 - Leadership.

Based on next practice approaches in organizations such as Google, Zara, Apple, Zappos, Emirates, Ryan Air, Southwest Airlines, Gilead Sciences and many more.



In 2011 several of the organizations completing internal programs established in the last decade concluded the need for a specific session, CPP Level 8 - Execution.
Bringing the latest thinking and practice in developing and rolling out enterprise programs, especially in the context of the 21st century - digitization, customer centricity, market volatility etc. Case studies are reviewed, especially in the context of establishing Centers of Excellence.

You can review more information at www.certifiedprocessprofessional.com, www.bpgroup.org, www.successfulcustomeroutcomes.net