I've been a fan of Joe York since first getting introduced to his SaaS Rules of Thumb mathematics a few years ago. Start with SaaS Metrics Rule-of-Thumb #1 and read all 10 rules. It gets a little deep, but be sure to at least come away with the concepts and relationships. These are must knows …
ROI Calculator Defines Business Value
I recently updated my ROI Value calculator. I first discussed this calculator and the approach for quantifying value in the presentation linked to in Creating Value Stories. Since then, I’ve refined some of the categories and identified additional strategies for generating benefit from process improvements. Modifications bring the benefit strategies to 29 across the categories …
Creating Value Stories – ABPMP Summary
I presented this Thursday at the ABPMP Denver meeting on the topic of how to build support for BPM initiatives. My message was primarily that to get traction and support for these initiatives, internal and external services organizations need to create a compelling value story. "Stories" are how these initiatives communicate how they will solve …
The Value of Process Improvement
I will be presenting at the November ABPMP event in Denver this Thursday from 4:00p to 6:00p. The topic is Using Business Cases and ROI to Justify BPM. The content is based on my work with a BPM software vendor's sales team where we built an approach and model for them to deliver customized Business …
Value Driven Sales
I'm in Dallas today co-presenting at the global sales conference for a large BPM software provider. The topic, using return on investment to drive strategic sales, was well received by the audience. The CEO and VP of Marketing in the company were familiar with the case study I presented from previous work together. The CEO …
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