Learn how to ensure user adoption and engagement with BPM software by following these tips: understand user needs, involve users, provide training, reward users, and update software.

Envolver as partes interessadas desde o início e manter canais abertos para feedback contínuo são essenciais para a adoção de softwares BPM. Oferecer treinamento personalizado e suporte contínuo ajuda os usuários a se adaptarem, enquanto uma interface amigável e personalizável facilita o uso. Comunicar claramente os benefícios do software e recompensar seu uso eficaz motiva os colaboradores. Assegurar a integração com processos existentes e realizar uma migração gradual evita interrupções. Monitorar o uso e fazer ajustes conforme o feedback, além de promover uma cultura de melhoria contínua, incentiva sugestões de otimização, garantindo uma implementação bem-sucedida e o engajamento dos usuários.

Last updated on Aug 13, 2024

How do you ensure user adoption and engagement with BPM software?

Business process management (BPM) software can help you streamline, automate, and optimize your workflows, but only if your users adopt and engage with it. How do you ensure that your BPM software is not just another tool that collects dust on your digital shelf? Here are some tips to make your BPM software implementation a success.

1 Understand your users' needs

Before you choose or customize a BPM software, you need to understand what your users want and need from it. What are their pain points, goals, and expectations? How do they currently perform their tasks and communicate with each other? What are the gaps and inefficiencies that they face? By conducting user research, surveys, interviews, and workshops, you can identify the requirements and preferences of your users and align them with your business objectives.

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2 Involve your users in the process

User adoption and engagement are not just outcomes, but processes that require continuous involvement and feedback from your users. You can't expect your users to embrace a BPM software that they have no say or stake in. You need to involve them in the design, testing, and deployment stages of your BPM software, and solicit their opinions and suggestions. By doing so, you can build trust, ownership, and buy-in among your users, and ensure that the BPM software meets their needs and expectations.

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3 Provide training and support

Even if your BPM software is user-friendly and intuitive, you still need to provide adequate training and support for your users. You need to help them understand the benefits, features, and functions of the BPM software, and how to use it effectively and efficiently. You can use various methods, such as online tutorials, webinars, videos, manuals, FAQs, or live sessions, to deliver training and support to your users. You also need to monitor and measure their performance and satisfaction, and address any issues or concerns that they may have.

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Tanesha B. Scott, PMP, LSSGB, PSM, CSM, CSPO

Strategic Project Manager | Finance + Operations | Leveraging financial expertise to drive high-impact, cost-efficient project outcomes.
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My doctorate in education has significantly enhanced my ability to lead process improvement projects, particularly in providing comprehensive training and support. It has helped me in designing tailored training programs that meet the diverse needs of team members, ensuring they grasp and apply BPM concepts effectively. It has prepared me to simplify complex ideas, making them accessible to everyone. Additionally, I am able to focus on providing ongoing support, creating a learning environment where users feel confident and empowered to fully adopt and engage with new systems. This also speaks to how diversified backgrounds can be utilized to improve operations and processes across industries.

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4 Reward and recognize your users

Another way to ensure user adoption and engagement with your BPM software is to reward and recognize your users for their efforts and achievements. You can use gamification, incentives, badges, leaderboards, or feedback to motivate and encourage your users to use the BPM software and improve their skills and results. You can also showcase and celebrate the success stories and best practices of your users, and inspire others to follow suit.

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5 Update and improve your BPM software

Finally, you need to update and improve your BPM software regularly, based on the changing needs and feedback of your users and the market. You need to keep your BPM software relevant, reliable, and secure, and add new features and functionalities that enhance its value and performance. You also need to communicate and explain the changes and benefits of your BPM software to your users, and provide them with the necessary training and support.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Lorena L.

Canais Digitais | Projetos e Qualidade |Experiência do Cliente | Melhoria Contínua | Yellow Belt
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Envolver as partes interessadas desde o início e manter canais abertos para feedback contínuo são essenciais para a adoção de softwares BPM. Oferecer treinamento personalizado e suporte contínuo ajuda os usuários a se adaptarem, enquanto uma interface amigável e personalizável facilita o uso. Comunicar claramente os benefícios do software e recompensar seu uso eficaz motiva os colaboradores. Assegurar a integração com processos existentes e realizar uma migração gradual evita interrupções. Monitorar o uso e fazer ajustes conforme o feedback, além de promover uma cultura de melhoria contínua, incentiva sugestões de otimização, garantindo uma implementação bem-sucedida e o engajamento dos usuários.

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Oseghale Okohue BEngr. Msc. MBA. DBA. Prince2®Practitioner

Accredited NEC4 ECC Project Manager & Snr. P6 Planner | EPICM, Offshore Engineering,Renewable Energy (HVDC & HVAC Power Cables, Wind, Solar, BESS, Grid Code Compliance (G99, G5/5, P28) & Integration, GIS/AIS Sub-Station)
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User adoption of BPM (Business Process Management) software hinges on effective training, user-friendly interfaces, and demonstrating tangible benefits. In subsea engineering, training programs ensure technicians adeptly use BPM tools for maintenance scheduling, enhancing asset reliability. In renewable energy, engaging stakeholders with intuitive BPM interfaces aids in streamlining project management, ensuring compliance with grid codes and optimizing manufacturing processes in battery energy storage systems.

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1 Understand your users' needs

2 Involve your users in the process

3 Provide training and support

4 Reward and recognize your users

5 Update and improve your BPM software

6 Here’s what else to consider

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