Process structure

A process structure describes the interaction of different (business) processes . While processes describe the achievement of a single (simple) business goal, the process structure considers the achievement of a complex business goal that is composed of several business goals. It aggregates individual processes into a process structure and takes their dependencies into account (e.g. taking into account the sequence of two processes). Process structures thus consist of a large number of processes and the associated dependencies.

In contrast to a process map , the process structure describes the dependencies between the processes it contains, not from a business perspective, but from a flow-logic perspective.

Process structures are used, for example, to describe the development process for complex products. The aim here is to model the overall logical sequence in the form of a process structure for the product to be processed and its components and thereby to obtain comprehensive control for the systematic achievement of the business objective. Typically, the process structure for processing a product is based on its structure, i.e. the product structure .

literature

• Dominic Müller: Management of data-driven process structures . Verlag Dr.Hut, 2009, ISBN 978-3-86853-343-9 .