BPM - Business Process Analysis > Processes > Defining Process Properties
Defining Process Properties
 
Accessing process properties
Characteristics properties
Identification
Responsibilities
Components
System used
Controls and Risks
Strategy and Decisions
Attachments
Process Reports
Process Assessment
Process diagrams
Process revisions
Process Simulation
Process Activity Feed
Process workflows
Accessing process properties
To access the properties of a process:
1. From the process list, select the process of your choice.
The Overview property page appears.
2. Use the tabs to access the different property pages.
*You can display (or hide) tabs using the button.
Characteristics properties
In this page, you can define the main characteristics of a process through the following sections:
*You can display (or hide) sections using the Manage sections button.
Identification
In the Identification section, you can fill the following fields:
• Process Name
• Owner
*A process is owned either by a library or by the process to whose execution it contributes. See Components.
• Tags
*You can specify keywords using tags. For more details, see Tags.
• Category to identify one or several higher rank Process Categories
• Code to define an internal ID for the Process
• Grouping to specify an additional classification (operational, steering, support)
• Status updates
• Description
Responsibilities
In the Responsibilities section, you can identify the persons in charge of designing the process.
• Process Owner (he/she must approve process design)
• Process Designer (he/she must design the process)
• Process Contributor (he/she can give inputs to improve process design)
Components
In the Components section, you can access all processes and operations that contribute to process execution.
*Operations and processes can only contribute to the execution of a single process.
System used
The System Used section enables to access the list of elements used by the process and to create new elements.
Controls and Risks
In the Controls and Risks section, Business and IT managers can guarantee traceability of compliance controls via applications, data and infrastructures.
*For further details, see Risks and Controls.
Strategy and Decisions
In the Strategy and Decisions, you can create or link the following elements to a Process:
• Constraints
• Key Indicators
• Requests for change
• Action plans
• Issues
• Touchpoints
Attachments
The Attachments section enables to access all documents dedicated process.
Process Reports
In this property page you can access saved reports or create new ones, for example:
• RACI matrix
• Process Impact Graph
Process Assessment
This page is used to assess the process.