What Happens in Business Functions Focused Projects?

After looking at the purpose of business function in the previous post and types of organisational structure, in this article I will share some cases of process improvement or BPM projects focusing only within the boundary of business function or functional silo and its potential consequences.

Revisiting Business Function and Organisational Structure

It is common as BPM practitioner to come across the many terms used in other disciplines such as enterprise architecture and business architecture, that are overlapping with terminologies in BPM practice. At times there are same 'words' that may be representing different aspects of the same elements. This article revisits the fundamental component of an organisation - Business Function. And also using business function to peek into organisational structure - a critical part of organisational transformation.