Process Top Level Design Model

The Process Top Level Design Model identifies the top level design for a process. Each process identified on the Process Model will have an associated Process Top Level Design.

These Top Level Designs can be based upon the Process Design Patterns included in this Architecture Description Framework.

Each Process Design Pattern will then be translated into a Process Description as the core document of the process documentation.

The contents of the Process Top Level Design Model Include:

• Purpose
• Entry Criteria
• Work Products
• Process Owner
• Activities
• Roles

Entry Criteria: Explains how the process is invoked and the conditions necessary to start the process

Work Products: Identifies the Work Products used as inputs or outputs

Process Owner: The typical jobs where the process owner may come from

Activities: See the types of activities identified in the modelling techniques section. (these are normally shown in an Activity Model)

Roles: The roles that will be identified and owned by this process.

Review any of the Process Design Patterns for a close match to the process to be designed.

Create a rough one page description of the process at an architectural level

Check the process fit with the other processes in the Process Model

Review the process top level design with appropriate stakeholders.

There are various Patterns of Process design used in an Architecture Description.  These are:

Object Management Pattern:  Create, manage, and Release a Business Object (work product)

Examples of a process object pattern are:

• Team - Team Performance Management (Create and operate a team)
• Person - Recruit, Select, Develop, Assign, review performance.
• Business Process - Design, implement,rollout and measure
• Product and Service Business Unit - Business Management Activities.
  
  (A type of Team responsible for the Business Mode or Business Plan of a Portfolio / Catalogue of Products and / or Services using the Business Management Business Process.)
• Programme or Project - Project Management Process.

Object Translation or Object Innovation Pattern:  Translate Requirements of a Business Object (Work Product)into a fully tested and accepted Business Object.

• New / updated Product / Service Development
• New / updated ICT System development
• New / Updated Process

All of the Process Design Patterns are examples of the Process Top Level Design Model.

Link to Process Design Patterns PDF

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