Category: Certification

Latest Includes: You can’t manage what you can’t measure (or can you?)

The weekly update on the BP Group LinkedIn has some interesting perspectives:

Group Metrics:
Members: 2,356 (up 370 from last month)
Discussions: 220 (Each Month)
Subgroups: 4

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Articles/Discussions underway this week – more than 224 underway!

Dick Lee – You can’t manage what you can’t measure (or can you?)
http://bit.ly/1JhU53

Steve Towers – BP GROUP SOAPBOX 2: Six Sigma caused the Financial crash
http://bit.ly/5DZ21

Thomas Olbrich – Barriers to Outside-In (Outside-In subgroup)
http://bit.ly/jIPF8

Janne Ohtonen – The Gap Between IT & the Business (Research & Study subgroup)
http://bit.ly/ETOXE

Fast links to key BPM resources – http://bit.ly/Hd1pB

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Subgroups:
Steve Towers – Group Controller and the Business Process Professional subgroup
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2056203
Also on twitter – http://www.twitter.com/stowers
Connect directly – http://bit.ly/11txOl and if you need an email use steve.towers@bpgroup.org

Dick Lee (US) – Group Manager and the Outside-In Process subgroup (100+ members)
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2057992

Janne Ohtonen (Finland) – Group Manager and the Research & Study subgroup
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2060282

John Corr (UK) – Group Manager and the Advanced Process Management subgroup
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2056169

Stéphane Haelterman (Belgium) – Group Manager
David Mottershead (Australia) – Group Manager
Erika Westbay (US) – Group Manager

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Do you need Business Process Management, Certification (7,000 in 4 years), or Coaching Support?
Visit http://www.bp2009.com for the program or learn more at http://www.businessprocessprofessional.com

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Webinars:
Quick Update on the mid year series underway. All Registrants will receive a copy of the webinars when the series completes

The sessions so far are producing lots of feedback and we’ll make available a review of these soon.
If you would like to join in then this week features FIVE Free webinars.
+++ For CPP people these webinars add 2 credits for certifcation renewal in 2009 +++

Review and register at http://www.bpgroup.org

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Recommended Conference (This week) – http://bit.ly/3bb8mZ
Recommended Conference (January 2010) – http://bit.ly/w2JWW
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Learn more about business process management – and get certified!

If you’re like most other professionals, the economic downturn has you looking critically at business processes. Want to learn more about that?

In mid-June we are conducting the Business Process Professional course – via the BP Groups Certified Process Professional programme.

Developed over ten years and with more than 7,000 Certified Professionals since 2005 it features the latest case studies, best practices and a complete method for implementing advanced BPM as featured recently on radio and TV.

The course is very well regarded by attendees and takes place in central London. You can get more information here.

The Importance Of Professional Certification

by Anand Subramanian at The New World of Work blog:

“Certification has found its way into almost every industry for a reason: It helps advance the profession.”

From Anands article:

“A person’s achievement of Professional Certification documents his / her expertise and recognizes his / her personal commitment to their professional development. Additionally, the respective Professional Association / Society provides a strong collective entity through which individuals are rewarded financially and professionally.” {more}