Recommended Books for Business Process
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Business Process Change, Second Edition by Paul Harmon
If you're an enterprise process architect or manager, Harmon tells you what you need to think about and do at the enterprise level.
Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn
The focus of this text is on use cases that are written, as opposed to modeled in UML.
Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future by Senge, Scharmer, Jaworski, and Flowers
How to set aside a view point and understand the whole.
Lean For Dummies by Natalie J. Sayer
Lean for Dummies will show you how to do more with less and create an enterprise that embraces change. A great overview of Lean.
The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process and Technology by Morgan and Liker
The ability to bring new and innovative products to market rapidly is the prime critical competence for any successful consumer-driven company.
Outside-In. The Secret of the 21st Century Leading Companies by Steve Towers
This book helps decision makers to understand how to simultaneously increase revenue, lower costs and to improve customer service.
Business Modeling With UML: Business Patterns at Work by Penker and Eriksson
Written for any manager with some technical background, this book looks at the possibilities of UML used to model entire organizations.
BPMN Method and Style: A levels-based methodology for BPM process modeling and improvement using BPMN 2.0 by Bruce Silver
A solid reference for BPMN.
The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action by Kaplan and Norton
Kaplan and Norton are the visionaries behind the Balanced Scorecard and this is their first, and some say best, book on the subject.
Building the Agile Enterprise: With SOA, BPM and MBM by Fred A. Cummins
An integrated view of how to enable agility with policy and business awareness, supported by technology.
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones
A thoughtful expansion upon their value-based business system based on the Toyota model. They update their action plan in light of new research and the increasing globalization of manufacturing.
Conscious Business: How to Build Value through Values by Fred Kofman
Consciousness is our basic faculty for survival and success. Without it, we forget what's important to us and lose sight of the steps we might take to reach those goals.
Change Management by Hiatt and Creasey
This book is a solid, research-based introduction to the discipline of change management.
Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges by Otto Scharmer
The Theory U model of how to open our mind, emotions, and will to moments of discovery and mutual understanding is profound and much needed. A very practical approach for enlarging our capacity for growth.
Six Sigma for Everyone by George Eckes
This book is written specifically for employees of organizations thinking about or already attempting Six Sigma implementation.
Business Modeling: A Practical Guide to Realizing Business Value by Bridgeland and Zahavi
This book shows how to make business modeling efforts successful. It provides in-depth coverage of four distinct business modeling disciplines, helping you master them and understand how to combine them.
Business Process Management: Concepts, Languages, Architectures by Mathias Weske
This textbook is ideally suited for classes on business process management, information systems architecture, and workflow management. It provides a vendor-independent view on the topic.
Principles of the Business Rule Approach by Ronald G. Ross
This book is intended to be the first book managers read to understand what Business Rules are, and what how they can be applied to their own situation.
Business Process Management Systems: Strategy and Implementation by James F. Chang
James Chang discusses business management practices and the technology that enables them. This book presents an integrated view on how various management practices merge into BPM.
The New Lean Pocket Guide XL by Don Tapping
A comprehensive and practical explanation of Lean concepts and tools. Over 120 illustrations to visually convey the concepts along with detailed Lean tool descriptions.
The Communication Catalyst by Mickey Connolly and Richard Rianoshek
This book provides a roadmap for structuring conversation to bring people together toward mutual goals. An important component in business process success.
Six Sigma for Dummies by Gygi, DeCarlo and Williams
Six Sigma for Dummies teaches the reader all the foundation principles, methods, and tools of Six Sigma. A great overview.
Business Process Management (BPM): The Third Wave by Howard Smith and Peter Fingar
The book is the first authoritative analysis of how third-wave business process management (BPM) changes everything in business and what it portends.