Ed.: In this second post in the series (see our previous coverage here), Fahad is focusing specifically on the Enterprise Plan Program. Think of this as the plan for rolling out a BPM initiative across the company in the first 180 days and beyond.

Enterprise BPM initiatives require well-defined operating procedures for selecting projects, governing delivery, staffing teams and managing infrastructure requirements. We call these procedures the Four Pillars of Enterprise BPM. The Enterprise Plan is therefore comprised of 4 corresponding sub-plans, including the:

• Strategy Plan
• Governance Plan
• Capability Plan
• Infrastructure Plan

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In this series of two posts, we’ll lay out the development of what we call the Enterprise Plan Program. Think of this as the plan for rolling out a BPM initiative across the company in the first 180 days and beyond.

The objective of the Program is to develop the plan for how the enterprise BPM program needs to be rolled out and managed past the “startup” (or Pilot) phase. This includes a consideration of strategy, governance, organizational capability and infrastructure impact. In many cases, the team driving this deliverable must also answer how the enterprise BPM initiative fits with other business and technical initiatives that may already be in progress.

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