Creating an Organizational Process
To create an organizational process from the Processes navigation pane:
1. Select Hierarchy.
2. Select the Organizational process folder, click New > Organizational process.
The creation dialog box of the organizational process opens.
3. Modify the name of the organizational process.
4. Specify the Owner.
5. Click OK.
The organizational process appears in the list.
Managing an Organizational Process Diagram
An organizational process diagram can be created and updated in tabular input mode.
Creating an Organizational Process Diagram
To create an organizational process diagram:
1. Right-click the organizational process name and select New > Diagram.
The Diagram type selection dialog box opens.
2. Select Organizational Process Diagram.
3. (Optional) Uncheck the Diagram Initialization box.
4. In the Edit Mode section, select Edit diagram with graphical entry.
5. Click OK.
The diagram opens in the edit area. You are now in the HOPEX graphic editor. The frame of the described organizational process appears in the diagram.
Accessing an Organizational Process Diagram
To access an organizational process diagram:
1. Right-click the process to open its pop-up menu.
2. Select Organizational Process Diagram.
The diagram opens in the edit area.

If the process does not have a diagram, you can create it by clicking
New >
Diagram in its pop-up menu, then by selecting
Organizational Process Diagram.
Comparing an organizational process diagrams
You can compare several diagram versions of the same process.
You can also compare the diagrams of independant processes.
Creating an organizational process from a sketch
You can create an organizational processes and its diagram from a sketch.
To create an organizational processes and its diagram from a sketch:
1. Open the Characteristics property page of the sketch that interests you.
2. Click the Convert in process button.
The process diagram created from the sketching diagram opens in the edit window.
The organizational process diagram building principles are:
• A circle

is converted into start or end event depending on the link with the operation direction, see
Defining Process Events;
• A barrel

is not converted;
• A folded corner rectangle

is not converted.
The name of the created organizational process is the sketch name.
The name of each organizational process component is the corresponding sketching item name.