Monday, July 21, 2014
My Art in Times Square Again: Don't Miss It
I was just notified that 13 of my images will be shown in Times Square this coming Thursday. Please see the flyer below. If you happen to be in New York and see them, let me know !!
Sunday, July 13, 2014
God Now Has One of His Gems Back
Last week, my oldest son Andy died suddenly and we still don't know why (The LA Corner is investigating). I just had to post something to share how special he truly was to all of us. Andy embraced every one of his roles with love, humor and commitment. He had terrific people skills and will be greatly missed by his children, wife, friends and extended family. Andy was loved by all for his caring, humor and wisdom. Some of my best memories of Andy always involved fun as he was the epicenter of great times.
A Phenomenal Family Man:
Andy was so committed to his family and loved them greatly. He had his priorities on point.
A Fantastic Son:
We had such special times together fishing, working on art, playing racquetball and going on eating adventures.
A Dedicated Worker:
Andy was so proud of landing his dream job at Disney and pleasing the audiences with his projects. He started as an animator working in the gaming industry, creating special effects for films, doing motion capture, voice synchronization, project leading and supervision. He was thrilled to work on Frozen and was really enjoying his role on Big Hero 6 coming out in November 2014.
A Terrific Brother:
Andy was such a responsible and fun brother. He was like a third parent while the family grew up and he continued his role as advisory role for many kids in their adult lives.
A Best Friend and True Goof:
Andy was always the life of the party and fun to be with for everybody. He always had time for everyone and listened very well.
Thanks for reading this and letting me ramble on about the true gem that Andy has always been. I just hope God enjoys him as much as we did. He was such a joy and I will always miss him.
Memorial Service to Celebrate Andy's Life: :)
July 26th 2014 at 11:00 AM
Faith Bible Church
17230 N 59th Ave
Glendale, AZ 85308
602 368 7100
A Phenomenal Family Man:
Andy was so committed to his family and loved them greatly. He had his priorities on point.
A Fantastic Son:
We had such special times together fishing, working on art, playing racquetball and going on eating adventures.
A Dedicated Worker:
Andy was so proud of landing his dream job at Disney and pleasing the audiences with his projects. He started as an animator working in the gaming industry, creating special effects for films, doing motion capture, voice synchronization, project leading and supervision. He was thrilled to work on Frozen and was really enjoying his role on Big Hero 6 coming out in November 2014.
A Terrific Brother:
Andy was such a responsible and fun brother. He was like a third parent while the family grew up and he continued his role as advisory role for many kids in their adult lives.
A Best Friend and True Goof:
Andy was always the life of the party and fun to be with for everybody. He always had time for everyone and listened very well.
Thanks for reading this and letting me ramble on about the true gem that Andy has always been. I just hope God enjoys him as much as we did. He was such a joy and I will always miss him.
Memorial Service to Celebrate Andy's Life: :)
July 26th 2014 at 11:00 AM
Faith Bible Church
17230 N 59th Ave
Glendale, AZ 85308
602 368 7100
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Will Case Management Dominate End to End Processes?
It's pretty much a given that large scoped, end to end, processes will contain a mixed set of process styles, but it is not clear what style will dominate. Will it be case management as the controlling style or will it be a typical flow. We know that both kinds of processes have a start and a stop, but how they get from one to the other is quite different. The Case approach follows a string of milestone goals, with little concern for the sequence of steps to the reach each milestone. The traditional flow has pre-planned paths and sequence implied in them. So why would one dominate the other?
Where Case Should Dominate:
Case should be the dominate style, with bits of leveraged planned flows or snippets, when the basic goals around investigation and collaboration to obtain high quality and consensus outcomes. The further away a process is from best and tightened downed practice, the more case makes sense. Over time certain bits of the interaction can be made into min-flows (snippets), but investigative processes are generally dominated by case.
Where Planned Flows Should Dominate:
Flows should be the dominate style, with bits of collaboration, when the basic goals are around speed and efficiency. The further away a process is from evolving and emergent behavior, the more planned flows make sense. As things become more fuzzy and judgement intense, case and collaboration can be interjected, but value and supply chains are generally dominated by flow.
Net; Net:
You will hear process pundits argue that one style should dominate the other, but I would submit there are proper dominate styles for different kind of work patterns.
Where Case Should Dominate:
Case should be the dominate style, with bits of leveraged planned flows or snippets, when the basic goals around investigation and collaboration to obtain high quality and consensus outcomes. The further away a process is from best and tightened downed practice, the more case makes sense. Over time certain bits of the interaction can be made into min-flows (snippets), but investigative processes are generally dominated by case.
Where Planned Flows Should Dominate:
Flows should be the dominate style, with bits of collaboration, when the basic goals are around speed and efficiency. The further away a process is from evolving and emergent behavior, the more planned flows make sense. As things become more fuzzy and judgement intense, case and collaboration can be interjected, but value and supply chains are generally dominated by flow.
Net; Net:
You will hear process pundits argue that one style should dominate the other, but I would submit there are proper dominate styles for different kind of work patterns.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Understanding Case Management Styles for Business Results
Business results can be enhanced by understanding the different styles of case management and where to apply them. Better yet understanding that the styles can be used in combination for optimal outcomes. If fact case styles can be combined with traditional modeled process snippets or master flows for value / supply chains. I have identified and used three types of styles in the past and they have helped me craft better end to end processes. Any of these styles support emerging or unstructured process flows to some degree in that sequencing is influenced by milestones more than step sequences.
Content Driven Case Management:
This style of case management revolves around the first mile of content capture and verification. Advanced uses of this style can present various forms of content (forms, images, voice & video) to a group of collaborative data entry or case handlers or processors. There are fixed milestones to attain for completion. There is significant benefit in getting the content correct the first time and there are a number of vendors who focus on this style of case management.
Knowledge Collaboration Case Management:
This style of case management is about resolving a case leveraging multiple skill-sets or multiple knowledge worlds usually represented by many collaborative knowledge workers. Advanced knowledge collaboration will consider the skills necessary to complete the case and involve the proper skills and knowledge in an optimal fashion. Again there are fixed milestones involved with this type of case management. The benefit of solving complex cases leveraging the right skills and knowledge is huge for a number of business and public sector cases.
Adaptive Case Management (ACM):
ACM is an advanced form of case management that allows for dynamic milestones, unlike the other two styles above. ACM is for truly emergent processes that are being crafted on the fly from beginning to end. Activities and steps swarm around changing conditions and support the highest degree of unstructured work patterns. These patterns can be later analyzed for better practices and more predictable milestones. ACM is the latest style to emerge out of business process management and the number of vendors that support this style are few.
Net; Net:
As organizations try to assist or automate work streams, multiple styles of case come in handy as tools in the process & case tool box. It is rare today to have only one style of case and process type and it is even rarer to find one vendor that can support all styles, but it's is happening in ACM and other intelligent business process management systems.
Content Driven Case Management:
This style of case management revolves around the first mile of content capture and verification. Advanced uses of this style can present various forms of content (forms, images, voice & video) to a group of collaborative data entry or case handlers or processors. There are fixed milestones to attain for completion. There is significant benefit in getting the content correct the first time and there are a number of vendors who focus on this style of case management.
Knowledge Collaboration Case Management:
This style of case management is about resolving a case leveraging multiple skill-sets or multiple knowledge worlds usually represented by many collaborative knowledge workers. Advanced knowledge collaboration will consider the skills necessary to complete the case and involve the proper skills and knowledge in an optimal fashion. Again there are fixed milestones involved with this type of case management. The benefit of solving complex cases leveraging the right skills and knowledge is huge for a number of business and public sector cases.
Adaptive Case Management (ACM):
ACM is an advanced form of case management that allows for dynamic milestones, unlike the other two styles above. ACM is for truly emergent processes that are being crafted on the fly from beginning to end. Activities and steps swarm around changing conditions and support the highest degree of unstructured work patterns. These patterns can be later analyzed for better practices and more predictable milestones. ACM is the latest style to emerge out of business process management and the number of vendors that support this style are few.
Net; Net:
As organizations try to assist or automate work streams, multiple styles of case come in handy as tools in the process & case tool box. It is rare today to have only one style of case and process type and it is even rarer to find one vendor that can support all styles, but it's is happening in ACM and other intelligent business process management systems.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Happy Birthday USA
It is great to celebrate another birthday of our great country. While there is plenty to complain about (inept politicians, too litigious in nature, too politically correct, high pace, Hollywood morals and taxes everywhere), we have the freedom to complain about it and still go about our business. Our country gives us many safety nets (unwanted or not), but frustrates us with pace and debate.
Washington DC seems a city that just "grinds water". They charge us for both the water and the grinding of it. As you may have guessed, grinding water does nothing for it, but it seems like there is some activity at least. I'm still glad for the privilege to live here where the spirit of innovation is unstoppable. Some want to escape it and life itself, but they are wrong in my mind. The US is not perfect, but it's a great place to strive for perfection through teamwork.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUNTRY OF MINE !
Washington DC seems a city that just "grinds water". They charge us for both the water and the grinding of it. As you may have guessed, grinding water does nothing for it, but it seems like there is some activity at least. I'm still glad for the privilege to live here where the spirit of innovation is unstoppable. Some want to escape it and life itself, but they are wrong in my mind. The US is not perfect, but it's a great place to strive for perfection through teamwork.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUNTRY OF MINE !
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Blog Activity for 2Q 2014
There has been a shift in interest in the 2nd quarter towards new topics. In the 1st quarter, the topics were around practices and skills necessary to compete as a digital organization vying for new customers. The 2nd quarter showed a spike in interest around Case Management and Intelligent processes. Of course there were some water shed events in 2Q. IBM had it's huge Impact Conference in Vegas and Pegasystems had it's exciting Pegaworld where customer success stories dominated. In addition, there was an inaugural conference in DC entitled "BPM & Case Management Global Summit" that demonstrated a strong interest in adaptive case management. Pictured below are the top 10 Hot Topics on my blog (http://jimsinur.blogspot.com/):
The next 10 Hot Topics are listed below:
If you are interested in the countries that accessed my besides the US, see the below:
If you have any comments or questions, please comment on this blog posting.
The next 10 Hot Topics are listed below:
If you are interested in the countries that accessed my besides the US, see the below:
If you have any comments or questions, please comment on this blog posting.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Art Projects for the Second Quarter 2014
The second quarter of the year usually is one of the busiest, because of events, but I managed to find some time to create some new fractals. I usually burn the fractals on metal and they really pop. It turns out that hey are my best sellers these days. If you want to see my current portfolio, please see the following:
http://www.james-sinur.com/paintings/
http://www.james-sinur.com/digital-art/
Here are my latest contributions to my portfolio. Enjoy !!!!!
http://www.james-sinur.com/paintings/
http://www.james-sinur.com/digital-art/
Here are my latest contributions to my portfolio. Enjoy !!!!!
Mind Blender
Tri-Star
Light Game
Sleeping Dragon
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