Description:

Innovation is not just about doing new technical things, it is also about applying technology to process that we didn't/couldn't in the past. As New York State undergoes a significant transformation spearheaded by the New York SAGE (State Spending and Government Efficiency) Commission, this session will help you to implement the objectives identified in the SAGE Report: Improve Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability. Business Process Redesign and Lean Management practices are strategies/practices to achieve these objectives and this session will provide the foundation and understanding of business process redesign and the application of lean management across business operations and their potential impact/benefit in the public sector environment.

Description:

This interactive workshop is for the New York State IT professional currently reengineering their agency's business processes. Bring your stories, best practices, and questions! The workshop is open to any government professional in New York State or Local government. There is no fee to attend.

Business Process Management (BPM) is not just an IT project nor just a business project: both teams must work collaboratively as neither party has enough expertise to successfully implement BPM alone. Coming to this realization can be a challenge. This workshop will help you to recognize the benefits of streamlining your processes using BPM methods to assess your organizations culture, process maturity, technical maturity and business support to determine your how to implement BPM in your organization.

BPM must be implemented as a business discipline first and a set of technologies second. This class will help you overcome the difficulty in identifying current processes that are appropriate for BPM, and modeling them towards their desired implementation.
The workshop will provide you with a five-step lifecycle to maximize your chances of success:

1.Modeling
2.Simulation
3.Streamlining
4.Automation
5.Management

Instructor: Atul Sanghi, Managing Director, Sanghi Consulting

Description:

Organizations that want to fully utilize the collaborative functions, workflows and the processes that SharePoint promises need to enter into customization and development projects. This class will help you to leverage your investment in SharePoint by providing you with the basic knowledge to:

Determine the level of planning, customization, expertise, and training required to meet business expectations of SharePoint 2010;
Understand the differences and relative capabilities of the customization levels available;
Be conscious of the challenges faced by the SharePoint customization team and how to mitigate their effects; and
Build a SharePoint team with the proper resources and tools to deliver effective business solutions.

Instructor: Atul Sanghi, Managing Director, Sanghi Consulting