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Call for papers: PART 1
2010 BPM and Workflow Handbook

Share your expertise!

The WfMC invites submissions from members and colleagues in our industry to contribute to our annual BPM and Workflow Handbook.

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the latest Handbook in this prestigious annual series, published by Future Strategies Inc., in collaboration with the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC.org).

The WfMC provides an important forum for the adoption of standards throughout the industry. Standards provide an infrastructure for inter-organizational business process automation and management.

As the flagship publication of the WfMC, this annual series makes a significant contribution to the body of knowledge within this industry. The participating authors (and their organizations) receive worldwide recognition for their respective roles as leaders at the forefront of business process technology, its growth, evolution and implementation.

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Abstract deadline: 
February 17, 2010

Review Committee Selection Deadline:
March 10 , 2010

Final Deadline for Completed Papers:
April 7, 2010

Book Launch date:
June 2010

The 2010 BPM and Workflow Handbook covers three main sections of approximately equal page volume.

Users seek more intelligent business process capabilities in order to remain competitive within their fields and industries. BPM vendors realize they need to improve their business processes, rules and event management offerings with greater intelligence or analytics capabilities.

We welcome submissions that include issues, case studies, guidance, solutions or research such as:

• BPM integration with collaboration, portals and BI
• BPM-BI with application assembly and deployment
• Dynamic event-based BI driven by BPM
• Embedding BI applications into business processes

Introduces new key concepts and sets out the business case for workflow technology and BPM. This perspective is covered by papers that provide practical information on Business Process Management (including case studies) designed for an audience of business users.

BPM standards have evolved from technical nuance to a business imperative. This perspective is covered by papers on system structure and values, operation and scalability issues, written for an audience of Information Technology (IT) professionals. Deeply technical papers are not required, but do submit educational papers written for the IT professional.

We have made available a free download of the paper by Keith Swenson, TC Chair, called “The Business Value of Workflow and BPM” which clarifies the distinction made by WfMC between business users and IT professionals.

• Please adopt a forward-thinking approach when writing your paper. Our annual series are sought after by libraries, universities and colleges worldwide and have a very long shelf and reference life.
• Resist stating the obvious (or the old and tired) with regard to describing or defining BPM, workflow and associated technologies.
• The purpose of the Handbook is to educate both new and existing users of BPM and workflow, therefore if you are a BPM vendor, please omit blatant promotion of your own company's products and services when detailing your paper. or offering examples of workflow and related technologies. This is not an advertising medium - this is an educational tool for business and IT readers. The review committee will reject abstracts or papers that are BPM product- or vendor-specific.
• Page size is Executive, with 1" margins on all sides.
• The length of the paper should be between 6-14 pages including graphics. If you need additional space to adequately present your case, please try not to exceed 18 pages.
• If you plan to include tables, diagrams or graphics, they must fit within the column width of 4.5" and can print clearly in grayscale or black and white. Colorful screen shots do not reproduce well.

The annual series of the BPM and Workflow Handbooks are edited by Layna Fischer, Future Strategies Inc., with the final selection of papers and content made in collaboration with the WfMC.

There is no fee to submit a paper.

You may submit two different abstracts; each submission requires that you complete a new form. About 20 to 25 final submissions are selected by the 8-member WfMC Review Committee. The criteria include:

• Clarity of abstract description
• Interesting and relevant topic
• New approach, concept or technology
• Applicability in real world (vs just theory)
• Real use case example
• Industry standard implication or implementation

Future Strategies Inc., publishes several other BPM-related books including the annual Excellence in Practice Series which profiles the award-winning case studies from the Global Excellence Awards for BPM and Workflow.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT 2009 BPM and Workflow Handbook

You may want to read previous editions of the annual Handbook in order to appreciate the style and approach of successful submissions. If you don't have a recent copy you may download the 2009 BPM & Workflow Handbook at 60% discount (retail $75.00) . Pay only $30.00. Please use the discount code 20096 on checkout.

If selected as a new contributor, you will receive a complimentary copy when the 2010 BPM and Workflow Handbook is shipped and generous discount privileges.

This new eBook series presents the collection of best and most important chapters on their respective topics recently published in the annual BPM and Workflow Handbook series and other publications.

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