Process Management
Build your own process library for your organization and implement the processes in projects. The Process Workbench is the Stages solution to Process Architecture & Definition.
Key Benefits
- Consistent process mgt. cycle: analysis and definition, application and improvement
- Customized project processes through process tailoring
- Practical description, easy access and direct benefits for all users
- Sound management and distribution of your valuable process know-how
- Dynamic process visualization maintains process graphics
Highlights
Process Analysis and Definition
- Structuring, modeling and maintaining development processes
- Integration of any number of process models using flexible metamodeling
- Definition and analysis of process interfaces
- Checking process consistency
- Generation of process overviews (Microsoft Word® and Microsoft Excel®)
- Import of ARIS process models
Process Application
- Microsoft project integration for automatically generating and updating project plans
- Automated set-up of new projects based on templates (process instantiation) using the processes
- Adaptation of processes to specific project requirements (process tailoring)
- Role-based representation of information
- Access to project documents via the Product Lifecycle Management (collaboration in the project)
Process Improvement
- Process users can provide feedback via the system for making process improvements
- Reuse of tried-and-tested development processes for future applications
- New versions of the available processes can be assigned easily to existing projects
Solutions In Detail
Flexible Proces Modeling | Based on a highly flexible metamodeling structure you easily define your process models with a set of process elements. |
Multilevel Tailoring | Multilevel tailoring allows you to continuously optimize your processes according to your individual project requirements. |
Develop A Process Library | Stages allows the definition and management of multiple different process types. These are organized in a hierarchic way. You can manage and share abstract as well as real-life project processes. Definition of core processes defining core processes facilitates to distribute global, organization-wide processes in business units. The core processes can be enhanced by business unit specific details. |
Process Consistency Checks | Individual constraints may be defined for processes to maintain their consistency. |
Customizable Process Element Terminology | The whole terminology of your process structure can be customized to your organization-related expressions (e.g. “Document” can be referred to as “Work Product” for some methodologies). |
Process Application | Real-life projects based on process templates using the defined process can be set up quickly (process instantiation). |
Process Release Mechanism & Automated Notification | The release of processes can be controlled by a lifecycle management. Each process element and the entire process can be assigned to a state. Participating users will automatically be notified about state changes via email. |
Graphical Visualization Of Process Details | The defined process can be visualized by generated graphics. All changes in the process will automatically be applied in the graphics. Stages supports various graphic and diagram types e.g. flowchart, tree, swimlane, etc. |
Rich Text Editing | Type and format the descriptions of your process with a rich text editor. |
Process Access Control | The access on process contents can be controlled role-based. |
Tracking & Version Management Of Processes | Stages provides a detailed tracking of all process modifications and version management for all processes. During the definition of a process modellers may lock the parts of the process they currently work on. To share the modifications they need to be checked into the released process version. |
Practical Representation: Process Acceptance | With Stages complex process structures are broken down into conceptional segments that are defined in a practice relevant manner. Users have multiple options of navigating through the process and are not discouraged by enormous and complex process representations. |
Acceptance Hurdle 