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"The Rise of the Project Workforce” Book Chapter Featured in the 2008 BPM and Workflow Handbook

Pasadena, California - July 28, 2008

Tenrox, the leading provider of workflow-driven project workforce management solutions, today announced that an excerpt from Rudolf Melik’s most recent book, “The Rise of the Project Workforce” has been included in the 2008 BPM & Workflow Handbook: Spotlight on Human-Centric BPM, by Jon Pyke, WfMC Chair and Chief Strategy Officer, Cordys.

The 2008 BPM & Workflow Handbook describes how human-centric business process management (BPM) has become an essential element of BPM offerings. This topic now captures substantial mindshare in the BPM space, as leading vendors have strengthened their human-centric business processes.

"BPM and workflow initiatives are highly visible projects that can have a major impact on a company's core operations and business critical processes. The BPM and Workflow handbook is an excellent resource that needs to be on every project manager's and BPM practitioner's reading list," explains Rudolf Melik, CEO Tenrox.

Moreover, the book examines challenges in human-driven workflow and its integration across the enterprise. Important chapters include:

• System Automation vs. Human Facilitation
• MyBPM: Social Networking for Business Process Management
• Services: Integrating User Interfaces into a Service-Oriented Architecture
• Impact of Organizational Changes on Running Processes: a Challenge for Achieving Business Agility
• Human-Driven BPM: the Missing Piece is People
• The Rise of Project Workforce: managing a dispersed project-based workforce

Ordering Information:

The “2008 BPM & Workflow Handbook” (hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-9777527-6-8) is available for purchase on Amazon.com. “The Rise of the Project Workforce, Managing People and Projects in a Flat World” (Wiley hardcover, ISBN 978-0-470-12430-7), is available for purchase on Amazon.com.

About Tenrox

Tenrox is the only true workflow-driven project and service delivery solution for today’s globally dispersed project workforce. Tenrox Cloud PSA and Cloud PPM solutions are best of breed browser independent offerings built on the Microsoft platform. Tenrox’s intuitive user interface, easy to configure options, and quick connect technology simplify deployment, accelerate user adoption and make project workforce management fun. We have been around for 15 years and counting; growing profitably. Our field tested experience, deep integration expertise and commitment to a best of breed cloud-based strategy mean you get the best project and service delivery solution there is from a best of breed vendor solely focused on innovating; providing you with advanced functionality and a seamlessly integrated project portfolio management and professional services automation solution. Tenrox is big enough to be dependable, fast and innovative but small enough to actually listen to you.

Since 1995, Tenrox solutions have served more than 800 organizations in 50 countries such as: IBM, General Electric, US Army, The Pentagon, Port of Long Beach, Talisman Energy, ConocoPhillips, Eaton, Pioneer Natural Resources, Invensys Rail Systems, SNC Lavalin, Hydro Quebec, JDA Software, Guidance Software, SAS, SAP, Alstom, Thales, Amphenol, Rio Tinto Alcan, Abbott, PharmaNet, Telus, Alcatel Lucent, Yellow Pages Group, Corning, Family Health International, Oxfam, Estee Lauder, Willis Group Holdings, E*TRADE Financial Corp, and Butler University.

Tenrox project management software is available through direct sales channels and a network of worldwide partners. For more information about the company or its award-winning family of products, go to http://www.tenrox.com

Media Contact:
Marie Melchiorre
Tenrox Public Relations
450-686-7365
publicrelations@tenrox.com

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