Process Understanding is a process of grasping the leverages, elements and parameters making the process efficient and effective: the Critical Process Parameters (CPP) affecting the Critical Quality Attributes (CQA). Process Understanding is necessary for reviewing and improving a business process. Besides these measurable matters it can be necessary to learn the following:
- Title of the process;
- Purpose of the process (why we need this process?);
- Scope (what the process includes and excludes?);
- Body of the process (where it starts and ends, what steps reside between?);
- Inputs (what must enter the process to put it in motion?);
- Outputs (what we expect to obtain in a result and during the process?);
- Controls (how we measure and administer the process?);
- Resources (what resources are consumed to make the process work?);
- Sub-processes (is there any embedded or cross-functional processes included);
- Accountabilities of the process to the organisation;
The tools used to reach a better process understanding are:
- Process Mapping;
- Decomposition;
- Flowcharting;
- Process Reports;
- Different analytical methods;
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