HOPEX Business Process Analysis > Business processes > Managing Business processes
Managing Business processes
 
*A business process represents a system that offers products or services to an internal or external client of the company or organization. At the higher levels, a business process represents a structure and a categorization of the business. It can be broken down into other processes. The link with organizational processes will describe the real implementation of the business process in the organization. A business process can also be detailed by a functional view.
Prerequisites to use of business processes 
One option is used to display the business processes.
To activate this option:
1. In the workspace, open the Options navigation window.
2. In the left tree, select Business Process and Architecture Modeling:
3. Select the Business Process Modeling check box.
Creating a Business Process 
To create a business process from the Design navigation pane:
1. Click Process > Business Process.
2. Select sMy Business Processe.
3. Click New.
The business process is created and added to the list of business processes.
In HOPEX Business Process Analysis, business processes are described by diagrams.
Creating a Business Process Diagram 
To create a business process diagram:
*Right-click the process name and select Business Process Diagram.
For more information on a business process diagram initialization with HOPEX Business Process Analysis, see Organizational Process Diagram initialization.
Using a system process in a Business process diagram 
*A system process is the executable representation of a process. the events of the workflow, the tasks to be carried out during the processing, the algorithmic elements used to specify the way in which the tasks follow each other, the information flows exchanged with the participants.
*For more details on creation system process diagrams, see Describing Application Processes.
Prerequisites to using System Processes 
One option is used to display the System Processes:
1. In the workspace, open the Options navigation window.
2. In the left tree, select Business Process and Architecture Modeling:
3. Select the System Processes box.
Accessing the list of System Processes with HOPEX Business Process Analysis 
To access the list of system processes from the Process Design navigation pane:
*Select System Processes > System Processes List > All System Processes.
Inserting a system process in a business process diagram 
To display risks in a process diagram with their likelihood:
1. Select Views and Details button of the diagram.
2. In the right pane of the window, select “System Processes” view.