Clay Richardson

Mr. Richardson is a principal analyst at Forrester Research where he serves enterprise architecture professionals and is a leading expert on business process management (BPM) software, services and methodologies. He delivers strategic guidance to professionals seeking to improve collaborative and operational business processes. Mr. Richardson specifically helps enterprises establish BPM strategies, governance standards and BPM centers of excellence; identify agile and lean methodologies best suited for BPM projects; and establish vendors and technologies that help automate and optimize mission-critical business processes.

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Design Thinking Puts the Customer Back in the Driver's Seat: Hold On to Your BPM
BY Clay Richardson
Sept. 2 2013
Business architects and business process professionals have traditionally focused on designing durable business processes that can stand the test of time. However, new technology disruptors, such as mobile...
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