Keep it Simple Stupid

I like Sandy Kemsley, she always gets it just right, BPM projects often turn into long drawn out affairs because of scope creep or too many conflicting priorities.  In a recent article  Keep it Simple  Sandy gives some practical advice on how to cut complexity out of BPM programs.  

In addition to Sandy's sage advice I would add that it is really important to keep those first projects simple in terms of integration points.   

Too often projects turn into nightmares when they go integration mad on the first delivery, when development teams are simply just getting use to the tools and ways of working. 

You need a strong project manager or process owner to stand up to the business and keep the scope manageable and small and break delivery up into leaner more manageable chunks.