A vital component to any BPM suite is the Builder. It’s often the first thing a potential client or partner looks to see, and its also the area which contains a number of the key components of any BPM suite:
- a method of building a process map,
- a method for integrating with existing systems,
- and a method of generating user screens.
It must take a long time to make a Universe. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, you might think it takes a long time to powerwash the front drive, but that’s just *peanuts* to making a Universe. Douglas managed it with his Hitchhiker Universe, and its now difficult to imagine there was a time when we did not know that Vogon poetry was among the worst in the Universe, that the way to travel vast interstellar distances is by using an infinite improbability drive, and that the answer to the untimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.
I’ve always been a big fan of end of the world fiction. I think it goes back to me reading ‘War of the Worlds’ when I was a kid, and seeing an early BBC adaptation of ‘Day of the Triffids’. It was repeated on a cable channel a few months ago, and although the walking plants looked exactly like large wood and rubber models, some of the images of deserted London still struck home. It seems every disaster movie now has to have that iconic image of an empty city, abandoned transport and a fluttering newspaper with the revealing headline.
Where I come from we use the word ‘tight’ to describe someone who is thrifty - the word is often used to poke gentle fun at friends or colleagues. Nowdays being careful with money has become sexy, with the weekend papers full of ways to beat the credit crunch, and 101 ways to survive a financial crisis. Suddenly managing the pennies is the new cool - well, maybe not cool, but certainly being aware of, and managing all the costs associated with your household or business is now a priority.