Process Governance enables you to design, run, and monitor BPM processes in a single ARIS Repository. Process Governance enables you to automate BPM processes and optimize the efficiency of your company. Process Governance supports the lifecycle workflow of models and compliance activities, for example.
Not programmers are the target group of Process Governance, but a company's business and process experts. All relevant data, objects and items are therefore modeled, not programmed. Process Governance does not use any technical model types such as BPMN or UML models; instead it uses business models of the EPC and VACD type. All information relevant to Process Governance is recorded in EPCs, value-added chain diagrams, organizational charts, dialogs, and data flows (BPM process). The BPM process is automatically transformed into a technical process that can be executed by Process Governance. These technical processes are not changed by the user, changes are only made in the EPC or VACD.
Organizational elements that represent employees are linked to the individual process steps in order to model who has to perform which task of the process. Dependencies between the different organizational elements are:
The organizational structure is modeled in organizational charts.
The organizational units are linked to roles.
The roles are assigned to real persons in the model.
The roles are assigned to the process steps (functions).
Ensure that you are using the same versions of ARIS Architect and ARIS Server. If you are using an older version of ARIS Server, you can still model and start processes.
Advantages/Options
Design and automation of flexible BPM processes, that is, easy adjustment to new requirements.
Automation and implementation of new BPM processes without involvement of the IT department.
Application-controlled task processing and deadline monitoring.
Monitoring of processes using KPIs to determine delays or bottlenecks (ARIS Process Performance Manager). Improved process transparency, quality, and flexibility as a result.
Optimization of the time required for the process cycle.
Cost savings as a result of minimized effort required for changes and additions.
The functions for Process Governance are enabled by licenses. You can use them if you purchased the corresponding license. The help text on using the software is accessible without a license.
Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply when working with process execution, process administration, ARIS Administration, ARIS document storage, and ARIS Process Board, and when generating executable processes. Process Governance has been tested and approved for 1000 parallel process instances. However, this number can be lower depending on the workflow complexity, for example, when using
Custom report scripts or local services
High number of parallel branches
Deeply nested branches
Large number of activities per instance
Many task assignments per task (users/user groups)
Users who are to have access to the functions of Process Governance must be assigned the ARIS Architect and Process Governance license privilege in ARIS Administration, or the ARIS Viewer license privilege.