A new discipline that uses systems and software to help direct business processes is creating demands for new sets of IT skills both in the private sector and in government, according to the January issue of the Dice Report. The discipline, called Business Process Management, or BPM, has led to an expanding number of job postings for software developers, systems architects and business analysts, mostly by organizations that are looking to cash in on a potential cost savings of as much as 20 percent within the first year of implementing BPM.
"In government, BPM practices are key components of many eGov initiatives, and fans say it's helped transform the labor and paper-intensive inefficiencies of government into faster and more efficient processes," Dice notes.
BPM is a hot new buzzword for the tech community, and Dice predicts it will grow, along with the demand for related IT skills. Has BPM transformed the processes within your federal agency? If so, how has the discipline changed the demand for specific sets of IT skills at your agency?
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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