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Processes
To access the business processes tree:
*In the Environment desktop, select Organization > Hierarchical View > All processes.
If you expand the folder of a process, you can display the sub-processes owned by the current process.
*The list of processes owned by a process is accessible in the properties page of the process, in the Characteristics tab, section Sub-Processes.
Process types 
Available process types are:
• Business processes
• organizational process
The type is requested at creation of the process. The two types are distinguished by different icons in the trees and lists.
Business process 
A business process enables description of what an enterprise does, ie. its business.
It answers the question, "What?". It is essentially described by flow exchanges between the various activities of the enterprise.
Organizational process 
An organizational process describes how to implement all or part of the process required to make a product or handle a flow.
Process characteristics 
To access characteristics of a process:
*Expand the Characteristics section of the properties pane of the of the process that interests you.
Business process control is the responsibility of persons with different functions.
• the Owner is responsible for global operation of the process in terms of effectiveness, profitability and security,
• the Responsible person takes decisions concerning evolution of the process, and informs on progress,
• the Risk Assessor is consulted when an action relating to risks is planned or executed on the process.
*The Risk Assessor field is available only with the solutions HOPEX Enterprise Risk Management and HOPEX Internal Control.
To specify business process control responsibilities:
1. In the properties dialog box of a business process, select the Characteristics tab.
2. Position the mouse on the Owner field for example and enter the first letters of the name.
3. Click the arrow at the right of the field and select List Persons.
The name of the selected person appears in the field.
*A person is defined by his/her name and electronic mail address. The person can access an application after assignment of a connection identifier. One or several business roles can also be assigned.
4. When completed, click Save or select another tab in the properties dialog box to carry out further modifications.
Scope section of a process 
A process can be linked to different component types.
• Entities that intervene in the process framework. For more details, see Entities.
• Business Lines that use the process services. For more details, see Organization Business Lines.
• Risks that relate to the process. For more details, see Risks.
• Controls that relate to the process. For more details, see Controls.
• Incidents
• Action Plans
• Regulations For more details, see Regulations.
• Control Systems
Other sections of a process 
The properties page of a process presents the following sections:
• RACI: to present the persons responsible for the process. For more details, see RACI.
• Objectives and Requirements: for more details, see Objectives and Requirements.
• IT: IT resources are made available to processes to execute the operations necessary for their implementation. For more details, see Enterprise Assets.