It is very difficult to assess the possible and likely scope of any BPM solution. The nature of
BPM is such that any automation can, and typically will, expand into related functional areas of
you business. This is normally a beneficial aspect of BPM, although it has the effect of blurring
the boundaries and making scope difficult to determine and keep to.
Another very difficult task is to determine the stages that a BPM system can and should be
built in. As each stage will necessarily impact preceding and subsequent stages, it is vital to get
stages in the right order. Often vendors have little experience in building robust solutions (the
case studies they happily roll out have often been delivered by others), and their advice may
not take such practicalities into account.