About the Author

Peter Franz, Managing Director for Business Process Management at Accenture, is responsible for the global team that helps clients achieve sustainable shareholder and customer value through scalable, efficient, and agile business processes.
Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, Accenture's Executive Director for Business Process Management, leads the global BPM-Lifecycle Practice as well as the governance organization for Accenture's Business Process Reference Models. Dr. Kirchmer's team helps clients to achieve immediate business impact while building sustainable BPM capabilities. Dr. Kirchmer is also an affiliated faculty member of the Program for Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania.