Select processes or subprocesses in the organization’s set of standard processes to be included in the organization’s process-performance analyses.
Refer to the Organizational Process Definition process area for more information about the structure of organizational process assets.
The organization’s set of standard processes consists of a set of standard processes that, in turn, are composed of subprocesses.
Typically, it will not be possible, useful, or economically justifiable to apply statistical management techniques to all processes or subprocesses of the organization’s set of standard
processes. Selection of processes or subprocesses is based on the needs and objectives of both the organization and its projects.
The selection of subprocesses for analysis, the determination of process-performance objectives, and the selection of appropriate measures are often concurrent and iterative processes of both
the organization and its projects.
When selecting processes or subprocesses for analyses, it is critical to understand the relationships between different processes and subprocesses and their impact on the acquirer and
supplier delivering the product specified by the customer. Such an approach helps to ensure that quantitative and statistical management are applied where they have the most overall value to the organization.
Examples of criteria that may be used for the selection of a process or subprocess for the organization’s process-performance analysis include the following:
· The relationship of the subprocess to key business objectives
· Current availability of valid historical data relevant to the subprocess
· Current degree of data variability
· Subprocess stability (e.g., stable performance in comparable instances)
· The availability of corporate or commercial information that can be used to build predictive models
The existence of project data that indicates the process or subprocess has been or can be stabilized is a useful criterion that can be used for selecting a process or
subprocess.
Typical Work Products
1. List of processes or subprocesses identified for process-performance analyses