Definition of Process

Michael Hammer, the author of Agenda, defined process as "an organized group of related activities that together create a result of value to customers."

Each word in this definition is important:

 

 

 

A process is a group of activities, not just one. Value is created not by single activities, but by the entire process in which all these tasks merge in a systematic way for a clear purpose.

Activities are related and organized. They present a stream of relevant, interconnected activities that must be performed in sequence – the right things in the right way – to produce the desired outcome.

All the activities in the process work together toward a common goal. "People performing different steps of a process must all be aligned around a single purpose, instead of focusing on their individual tasks in isolation."

Process are not ends in themselves. They have a purpose, they create and deliver results that customers care about.

 

Enterprise-wide Business Process Management (EBPM)

Process Thinking

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Process-managed Enterprise

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Business Process

Howard Smith and Peter Fingar, the authors of Business Process Management: The Third Wave, defined business as "the complete and dynamically coordinated set of collaborative and transactional activities that deliver value to customers."

 

Business Process

Characteristics

Process Thinking

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