Process Model Definitions
April 14, 2009
Process Model Definitions Part 2 of a 3 part series
- Part 1 Defines a Business Process Model
- Part 2 Provide Process Definitions
- Part 3 Walk through of a Complete Process with Down Loadable Examples
A process model ties together processes in a similar class. Models can be defined at many levels:
- Corporate (Core Processes)
- Business Teams (Sub Processes)
- Natural Work Teams (Activities)
- Individuals (Tasks)
Each process can have many or few steps depending on the nature. In general though each levels is typically made up of 3 to 12 definable work groupings. A generic corporate process to help you on the way is shown below.
Corporate Process
The processes can be further defined with:
- Overall Objectives
- High Level Inputs
- High Level Outputs
- Technology Enabler
- Process Owner
- Timing
- Process Metrics (if you can’t measure it look at it a different way)
- Additional items may also include RACI ownerships and GAPS. See my previous posts on RACI
A Corporate Process may then look like this:
Corporate Process Define
What is inherently missing from this view thought is 7.0 supporting the value chain. A typical sub-process definition with a value chain input is shown below:
Sub Process
Value Chain Process
Visit back here next week and I will lead you through a complete process definition through the task level with down loadable examples.
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