Process

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A sequence of activities completed to achieve an outcome.
A sequence or flow of Activities in an organization with the objective of carrying out work. In BPMN, a Process is depicted as a graph of Flow Elements, which are a set of Activities, Events, Gateways, and Sequence Flow that adhere to a finite execution semantics.
A formalised view of a business process, represented as a co-ordinated (parallel and/or
serial) set of process activities that are connected in order to achieve a common goal.
defined by WFMC
A series of individual operations required to create a design, completed order, or product.
A set of business tasks designed to deliver value to an internal or external client. A process may be comprised of any combination of subprocesses and activities.
A specific ordering of activities across time and space, designed to produce a specific outcome. Processes have a beginning, an end and clearly identified inputs and outputs.
A process is a series of activities which produce a result. In Lean Six Sigma process thinking, a process transforms inputs to desired outputs for a customer. Individual activities are called process steps. Transformations can be mechanical (e.g. machining widgets), physical (e.g. boiling water), chemical (e.g. polymerizing plastics), information (e.g. checking a control chart, writing a procedure) or any human activity (e.g. hospital patient, person being trained). There are three flows that can be mapped in a process: material, information, and energy (rare in LSS). See Process Mapping, Process Flow Diagram, Systems and Systems Thinking. A process is part of a system.
1. A set of business tasks designed to deliver value to an internal or external client. A process may be comprised of any combination of sub-processes and activities.
2. A set of activities, material, and/or information flow that transforms a set of inputs into defined outputs.
Series of actions, steps, or procedures leading to a result. High-level sequence or flow of tasks performed during production of a product or delivery of a service.
defined by PCoE Oregon .Gov
A series of individual operations required to create a design, completed order, or product.
defined by Beyond Lean
A process is a logical and defined sequence of activities, which accomplish a particular business objective. In BizAgi, a process itself or a sub-process of another one defines a process, or a set of activities that are used as a module. Anyway, all of them are created in the same way and only the value of the process type for each case is modified.
defined by Bizagi
Set of interrelated or interacting activities which transforms inputs into outputs. The flow of material in time and space. The accumulation of sub-processes, or operations that transform material from raw material to finished products.
defined by Lean Affiliates
A process is any business function or set of functions that includes the interaction of distributed people and disparate systems, which can be enhanced with management, coordination, automation, and decision-making information.
defined by Steelnet Solutions, Inc.