Processes and their frameworks

A process is a time-dependent sequence of events governed by a process fram ework. A group process has five components: the entities performing the pro cess, the steps or elements of a process, the relationship between any pair of elements, the links to other processes, and the resources and their cha racteristics-in-use involved with the elements. A process framework is deno ted by Y = F(C) where Y is the set of outcomes or consequences of a process , C is the set of considerations or elements in the process, and F is the n etwork linking the considerations to each other and to the outcomes. The pr operties of the set of considerations, the linkages between pairs of conseq uences, the set of outcomes or consequences, the network, F, and the use of process frameworks are discussed in detail with examples. Process models a re compared to variable models.