Generate Business & IT Value http://www.generate-value.com Generate Business & IT Value: Enterprise 2.0 and Enterprise Architecture Management Sun, 20 May 2012 17:51:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 aperto – A framework to introduce Corporate Social Software / Social Business Software http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/20/aperto-a-framework-to-introduce-corporate-social-software-social-business-software/ http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/20/aperto-a-framework-to-introduce-corporate-social-software-social-business-software/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 17:25:35 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=899 Enterprise 2.0 (and Social Business respectively) is still in its enfants. Nevertheless, enterprises of all sizes are facing the challenge to adapt and evaluate Social Business Software (SBS) and platforms.

In this post, I point to “aperto”, a framework of the “Forschungsgruppe Kooperationssysteme” of the “Universität der Bundeswehr München”, which might help companies of any [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/20/aperto-a-framework-to-introduce-corporate-social-software-social-business-software/feed/ 0 Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/01/leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs/ http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/01/leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:15:06 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=889 Today, I read the new article from Walter Isaacson in the Harvard Business Review, Issue April 2012. It is a really good summary of some habits from Steve Jobs. I like this article, because there are some relevant insights within a few pages.

Isaacson mentions following leadership principles (see [Isaa12]):

Focus Simplify Take Responsibiliy End [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/01/leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs/feed/ 0 New Layout http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/01/new-layout/ http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/01/new-layout/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 09:33:12 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=881 Let’s discover the new, refreshed generate-value.com – layout, based on the WordPress theme “Pagelines“… Have fun.

]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2012/05/01/new-layout/feed/ 0 Tatort und Twitter: Es ist böse. Eine Nachlese. http://www.generate-value.com/2012/04/26/tatort-und-twitter-es-ist-bose-eine-nachlese/ http://www.generate-value.com/2012/04/26/tatort-und-twitter-es-ist-bose-eine-nachlese/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:46:55 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=858 Please note: This blog post is definitely an excursus to Social Networking Services and Microblogging. Taking the German #Tatort community into account, this article is written in German language. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. The next post will be in English, again.

Der Hype von Twitter Feeds über [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2012/04/26/tatort-und-twitter-es-ist-bose-eine-nachlese/feed/ 0 Delivering Business Value is a Key Objective for Enterprise Architects and Consultants http://www.generate-value.com/2012/03/18/delivering-business-value-is-a-key-objective-for-enterprise-architects-and-consultants/ http://www.generate-value.com/2012/03/18/delivering-business-value-is-a-key-objective-for-enterprise-architects-and-consultants/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:50:16 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=830 At the end of February, Gartner analyzed the trends in Enterprise Architecture for 2012 and summarized their focus for research in 2012.

By chance, I read the report at work and made some notes. One key issue, mentioned by Gartner was “The change of focus for EA in 2012 is on delivering strategic business outcomes.” [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2012/03/18/delivering-business-value-is-a-key-objective-for-enterprise-architects-and-consultants/feed/ 0 BPM im Enterprise 2.0 unter Dynamik – Buch als pdf frei erhältlich http://www.generate-value.com/2012/01/10/bpm-im-enterprise-2-0-unter-dynamik-buch-als-pdf-frei-erhaltlich/ http://www.generate-value.com/2012/01/10/bpm-im-enterprise-2-0-unter-dynamik-buch-als-pdf-frei-erhaltlich/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:05:56 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=820 In Absprache mit meinem Verlag stelle ich mein Buch als pdf frei zur Verfügung. Bitte senden Sie bei Interesse eine E-Mail mit Ihrem vollständigen Namen an publications (at) generate-value [dot] com – Sie erhalten dann baldmöglichst den Download-Link. Viel Spass beim Lesen.

Mehr Infos zu den Inhalten erhalten Sie unter http://www.generate-value.com/?p=733 More than 10 years ago, when I was at CeBIT in Hanover, we had this great idea of “Mobile Payment”. The case: Pay via your mobile carrier’s bill. The problem: The carriers wanted to earn their fortune with mobile transactions. The consequence: “Mobile Payment” was too expensive and – in addition: Carriers wanted to limit [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/09/13/the-breakthrough-of-mobile-payment-within-the-bank-2-0-era/feed/ 0 Two Key Trends in ‘New Finance’ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/09/08/two-key-trends-in-new-finance/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/09/08/two-key-trends-in-new-finance/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:09:51 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=708 Financial Services and Banking respectively are affected by two major trends. Causes for these trends are internal and external influences:  External influences are for example new technological developments and Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 while internal influences are such as cost pressure on Information Technology departments and organizational restructuring.

Trend 1 – Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/09/08/two-key-trends-in-new-finance/feed/ 0 Business Capability Management (BCM) – frei verfügbares eBook http://www.generate-value.com/2011/06/14/business-capability-management-bcm-frei-verfugbares-ebook/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/06/14/business-capability-management-bcm-frei-verfugbares-ebook/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:57:06 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=675 Entgegen meiner ursprünglich Planung, dieses Buch über einen meiner favorisierten Verlage in den Druck zu geben, stelle ich nun meinen Enterprise Architecture – Beitrag “Business Capability Management – Gezielte Ausrichtung der Artefakte einer Unternehmensarchitektur” frei für den persönlichen Gebrauch zur Verfügung.*

Remark for English-speaking readers:

I will take up some topics of this book in [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/06/14/business-capability-management-bcm-frei-verfugbares-ebook/feed/ 0 Management between Flexibility and Stability – Jazz-Improvisation and Management http://www.generate-value.com/2011/05/17/management-between-flexibility-and-stability-jazz-improvisation-and-management/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/05/17/management-between-flexibility-and-stability-jazz-improvisation-and-management/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 19:30:14 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=634 Below are some words concerning the agile management in the “sweet spot” between chaos and order (see [Domb11]) to gain the maximal flexibility coupled to sufficient stability.

A few days ago I stumbled upon an ARIS Expert Paper of IDS Scheer (now Software AG) written by Scheer, with the title “Jazz-Improvisation und Management” (see [Sche07]), [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/05/17/management-between-flexibility-and-stability-jazz-improvisation-and-management/feed/ 0 Putting Business First – Enterprise 2.0 efficiency and the term “social” http://www.generate-value.com/2011/04/20/putting-business-first-enterprise-20-and-social/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/04/20/putting-business-first-enterprise-20-and-social/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:15:55 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=539 Recently, I have observed that new Enterprise 2.0-terms that contain the word “social” are created almost monthly (see e.g. “Social Business” by IBM, [Kulz11]). Therefore, I have decided to publish my first thoughts on the use of such “social terms” in business environments. Speaking as an experienced consultant, the term “social” is generally associated with more [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/04/20/putting-business-first-enterprise-20-and-social/feed/ 0 Erhältlich: BPM im Enterprise 2.0 unter Dynamik (de) http://www.generate-value.com/2011/04/11/buch-bpm-im-enterprise-2-0-unter-dynamik/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/04/11/buch-bpm-im-enterprise-2-0-unter-dynamik/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:42:11 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=443 As my new book will be available in every good bookstores at the end of this week (available via LOGOS now), some notes. You can have a look at it and order it now via LOGOS VERLAG, Link: http://logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=2802&lng=deu&id= – “Potenziale und Herausforderungen des Geschäftsprozessmanagements im Enterprise 2.0 unter Berücksichtigung der Dynamik unternehmerischer Systeme” [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/04/11/buch-bpm-im-enterprise-2-0-unter-dynamik/feed/ 0 What does “Cloud” mean? Some characteristics. http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/28/what-does-cloud-mean/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/28/what-does-cloud-mean/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:45:32 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=390 As I wrote some lines about cloud and outsourcing lately and had some interesting discussions “about the cloud”, I will deepen this interesting topic.

The cloud is coming (it’s not as dark as it sounds – we expect a rather sunny future…) – The cloud is on everybody’s mouth by now and there are really [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/28/what-does-cloud-mean/feed/ 0 Fear of outsourcing your IT? Some thoughts about the cloud. http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/20/fear-of-outsourcing-your-it-some-thoughts-about-the-cloud/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/20/fear-of-outsourcing-your-it-some-thoughts-about-the-cloud/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:54:41 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=342 Last friday I had an interesting discussion about “outsourcing” and I therefore decided to pick up this business-relevant topic in my blogsphere…

Fear of outsourcing your IT? Fear of terms like “Cloud Computing”, “SaaS” or “ASP”… Behind these buzzwords is nothing special, but proven and mature technology. The truth is in any case the fact [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/20/fear-of-outsourcing-your-it-some-thoughts-about-the-cloud/feed/ 0 Business Processes, Enterprise 2.0 and the Strength of Weak Ties (SWT) http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/02/the-strength-of-weak-ties-swt/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/02/the-strength-of-weak-ties-swt/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:21:22 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=302 As I am about to finish my book, I would like to point out a specific aspect of it, „The Strength of Weak Ties“ from Granovetter…

On the basis of a non-representative social networks-study (N=296) of Milgram in 1967 (“The small world problem”, see [Milg67, pp. 61 et seq.]), Milgram and Travers claimed that any [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/03/02/the-strength-of-weak-ties-swt/feed/ 0 Mobile Banking 2.0 – A Perspective http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/18/mobile-banking-2-0-a-perspective/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/18/mobile-banking-2-0-a-perspective/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:22:35 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=201 “Of the next billion people who come online, the vast majority of them are going to do so for the first time through a mobile device.” – Jimmy Wales in SAP Spectrum, [Manr10, p. 17]

Where does this road lead?

“If you had asked most bankers five years ago when they thought that mobile banking [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/18/mobile-banking-2-0-a-perspective/feed/ 0 Business Capabilies in Enterprise Architecture Management http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/14/business-capabilities-eam/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/14/business-capabilities-eam/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:01:42 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=144 http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/14/business-capabilities-eam/feed/ 0 Rethinking Knowledge Work – A Comment http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/07/rethinking-knowledge-work-a-comment/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/07/rethinking-knowledge-work-a-comment/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:25:36 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=93 “The key is applying technology more precisely”, says Tom Davenport in the new McKinsey Quarterly (see [Dave11]). In his new article, the author explains the different requirements to support less and more knowledge intensive processes in companies. For this purpose he used the classification which he has already presented in 2005 in “Thinking for a [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/07/rethinking-knowledge-work-a-comment/feed/ 0 Are Workflows dynamic? http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/01/are-workflows-dynamic/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/01/are-workflows-dynamic/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:56:50 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=56 Dynamic, unstructured processes vs adaptive, ad hoc workflows

The Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) defined a workflow as follows:

„The automation of a business process, in whole or part, during which documents, information or tasks are passed from one participant to another for action, according to a set of procedural rules.“ (see [Alle00, p. 15]).

Automation [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/02/01/are-workflows-dynamic/feed/ 0 Hello World… http://www.generate-value.com/2011/01/29/hello-world/ http://www.generate-value.com/2011/01/29/hello-world/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:58:39 +0000 Boris Reinhard http://www.generate-value.com/?p=1 At this website, reviews of my publications as well as additional information regarding science and practice of Business Informatics and Information Systems will be available soon. In particular, the following topics will be discussed: Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM), Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0), E-Finance, E-Business, Consulting and Project Management. My publications are to [...]]]> http://www.generate-value.com/2011/01/29/hello-world/feed/ 0