The Process Lifecycle

We begin our considerations by establishing the life cycle of the process, which we will use as the structural basis in the next chapters of the monograph. The process lifecycle is very helpful and important for the understanding of how process activities relate one to one another and how they contribute to the effectiveness of the process as a whole. It is also the methodical guarantee for continuous optimization and redesign of organizational processes. In this sense, process lifecycle is the space for the consideration of many functional perspectives in an organization, e.g. technical, customer-related, environmental, legal, or economic. However, in order for a lifecycle to fulfill the above functions, the content and arrangement of its phases must correspond to the needs and variability of the organization. Therefore, an overview of typical structures is presented in Sect. 2.1 together with indication of their typical uses. In Sect. 2.2, based on the results of this overview, a new lifecycle is proposed to serve as the foundation for the remaining part of this monographic study.