Public Versions of the Process Handbook

On-line version of the Process Handbook (for viewing contents only)

• MIT Process Handbook -- Contents include a comprehensive set of business processes and activities intended for business users. Uses the Phios Process Repository software. See "What Is In the Process Handbook?" for more detailed description of contents.

Downloadable versions of the Process Handbook (software and contents can be downloaded, used, and modified)

The following versions of the Process Handbook are available as part of the SourceForge Open Process Handbook project:

• Phios Process Repository -- Commercial quality software developed by Phios Corporation. Provides web-based editing and viewing. Contents include almost all of the MIT Process Handbook and selected extensions.
  
• Stand-alone Research Process Handbook -- Research software developed at MIT includes capabilities for representing process exceptions, simulations, etc. Provides editing and viewing with stand-alone program for Microsoft Windows. Contents include entries of interest to computer science and business researchers.
  
• Web-based Research Process Handbook -- Research software developed at MIT includes capabilities for easily editing and viewing processes over the web. Contents include those in the MIT Process Handbook and selected extensions.

Convergence is desired

All of the above downloadable versions of the Process Handbook are being made available now as open source software. However, we hope that some or all of these versions can be integrated into a single system or a family of interoperable components. At a minimum, it would be desirable to have robust methods for exchanging content between different versions of the software. In the interests of time, we are making all the versions available now, but we very much hope that continuing discussions and development will lead to further integration of these versions.

Future plans

We expect to release another version of the Process Handbook on SourceForge soon:

• Semantic Web Process Handbook -- Research software, called SweetPH, developed at MIT and University of Zurich to be used with the Semantic Web. Implements process inheritance using rule-based computational processing (RuleML). Contents include most of the contents in the MIT Process Handbook.

We want your help!

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