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Stage 1: Impetus/ideation
• New company, failed old process leads to reorganization, new
business — need for new process
• Totally new ideas for process, new idea for process based on
experience of a failure, etc.

Stage 2: Concept development
• High level concept, customer, input, supplier identification
• Process system/architect/organization design
• Customer research, peer research, financial study
• Concept approval

Stage 3: Process design and tryout/debug/launch
• Generate detailed process design/layout
• Establish new process
• Conduct tryout and debug
• Validate process
• Launch process, conduct adjustment and patch up

Stage 4: Process routine operation
• Manage process
• Correct errors
• Maintain, repair process

Stage 5: Process improvement
• Improve process without changing its organization/system design
• Adjust process performance due to customer requirements or
market change

Yes Is process No
good
enough?

Figure 2.7 A typical process life cycle. Stages 1–4: process development cycle.