Are people losing interest in BPM?
Maybe I’m expecting too much, but as the BPM industry grows I was expecting that the interest in BPM would grow too.
If to use Google Trends (http://www.google.com/trends) as a reference to the public interest – it shows a decline in interest.
Although there are more BPM websites, BPM groups, BPM news and (hopefully) more BPM awareness – the analytics show a decline in BPM related searches. Take a look..
Using the key words: bpm
Using the key words: business process management
Using the key words: business process
Using the key words: workflow
Using the key words: bpms
When I tried comparing them all, we can see that BPM is stronger than Workflow that is stronger than Business Process that is stronger than Business Process Management:
Are there any positive signs?
Well, the interest in BPMN is actually picking up:
Adam Deane 
BPM alone is broad if not vague…organizations are slowly beginning to understand what is actually involved in business process management, thus the rise in the awareness of BPMN…having the need to understand and know business processes in order to fix them and effectively manage processes.
Nice research.
-Stephanie Quick
iqu, llc
iblog @ http://www.iqullc.com
By: iqu, llc on 31/07/2011
at 11:51 pm