
Resource Library
APQC’s Resource Library is your source for timely and topical information to help you meet your most complex business process and knowledge management challenges. Explore our ever-growing collection of more than 7,000 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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The Expanding Role of Process Teams
Amid all the crises, over the last couple of years organizations have a higher-level of understanding of the value these disciplines provide. Consequently, process teams were…
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2022 Process and Performance Management Priorities and Challenges
APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners for 2022. This report explores trends…
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Keep BPM Visible to Senior Leaders
Research consistently proves that increased leadership involvement results in greater change and buy-in for improvement initiatives. BPM needs executive-level sponsorship to…
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Worst Strategic Planning Process Ever
What are the biggest “don’ts” in strategic planning? In this brief chat, Mercy Harper and Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland, Principal Research Lead for Process and Performance Management…
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, nonprofit organizations had to make rapid adjustments to strategy and operations to meet urgent and evolving needs. In this podcast, Mercy…
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2021 Process and Performance Management Priorities and Challenges Survey Report
In December of 2020, APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners. This report…
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This article presents six steps an organization should take to ensure that benchmarking efforts support strategic objectives, along with tools to help structure improvement…
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APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management
To build strong processes across the enterprise, organizations must establish a firm foundation based on seven critical tenets. Using real-life examples from APQC research,…
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This best practice has been updated from the original published in 2011. Strategic alignment is the first of APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management℠. Learn how to…
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APQC’s Seven Tenets of Process ManagementSM are tools that can help organizations move from the “developed” stage and overcome the issues where so many organizations go wrong…
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When Dr. Todd Cramer started as its superintendent, the Maumee City School district had many areas that needed improvement. During APQC’s 2019 Process and Performance…
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Manufacturers' Aligning and Selecting KPIs
Based off data from APQC’s Operational KPIs That Matter survey, this article looks at the alignment between organizational priorities and the measures manufacturing…
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Manufacturer's Reporting Practices
APQC conducted a survey to garner insights into KPI management challenges. The survey explored the KPIs that organizations use to manage operations, their alignment to…
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In a 2019 APQC webinar, Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland digs into the results of the 2019 Process and Performance Priorities and Challenges survey, as well as best practices to help you…
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2019 Process and Performance Management Priorities and Challenges Survey Report
In December of 2018, APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management practitioners as they move into 2019…