Definition of BPM

BPM, or business process management, is a term that has
evolved over the past few years: from software to suite
to system.

BPM Software — Tools that automate, execute, and
monitor business processes from beginning to end by
connecting people to people, applications to applications,
and people to applications. [ learn more ]

BPM Suite — Technology that delivers a variety of process,
knowledge, and analytics functionality in a unified package, enabling organizations to quickly and efficiently build composite process applications. [ learn more ]

BPM System — A management practice that provides for governance of a business's process environment toward the goal of improving agility and operational performance.¹ [ learn more ]

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¹ Gartner, Michael James Melenovsky, Jim Sinur, Janelle B. Hill, David W. McCoy, Business Process Management: Preparing for the Process-Managed Organization, June 2005.