Business process governance

Business process governance is one of four core business process management (BPM) enabled by service-oriented architecture (SOA) services that are interchangeable and can be deployed independently or in combination — so there's no set entry point. These services are designed to ensure business processes are optimized and aligned with company objectives and will help you:

• Assess and document current processes and model and simulate new processes using "what if" scenarios
• Govern the entire lifecycle of business processes using policies, standards and guidelines
• Evaluate the deployed business processes against the stated operational and performance objectives to identify areas of potential improvement
• Deliver critical, real-time business data to business leaders using dashboards and scorecards

Business process governance from IBM includes policies, standards, guidelines and a process governance framework that works on three levels to align/innovate, optimize/improve, and operate/manage your business processes.

By establishing an effective governance framework, you can align process performance with business goals; rapidly design, simulate and implement process improvements in response to changes in the business environment; and measure and manage the performance of day-to-day business process execution.