IQBBA Standard glossary of terms used in Software Engineering 1.0
Business Process A collection of activities designed to produce a specific output fora particular customer or market. BPM: see Business Process Management. BPMN: see Business Process Modeling Notation. BPS: see Business Process Simulation. Business Process Management (BPM Management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. Business process management attempts to improve processes continuously and maybe therefore described as a process optimization process Business process management activities can be grouped into five categories design, modeling, execution, monitoring, and optimization.