Process Models

A process model brings together the business name, owning organization, simulation scenario and current revision. The Process Owner decides what the model is meant to represent and when the draft is ready for validation. The Model Designer describes the work in nodes, while the owner keeps the model’s current status clear to everyone reviewing it.

Consider an order handoff that passes from intake to a specialist team. The team records the handoff as ordered nodes under one model. If the intake assumption changes, the Simulation Operator can work from a later revision while the earlier revision and its recorded result remain available for comparison. The model number and revision keep those results from being treated as the same run.

• Ownership. The model names its organization and owner so questions about scope have a clear destination.
• Revision. A revision identifies the exact version validated, reviewed and used for a simulation.
• Lifecycle. Draft, Validated, Simulated, Reviewed and Published distinguish preparation from completed decisions.

Choose a naming convention for models, how a revision number changes and which person can move a reviewed result toward publication. Decide what a simulation date means for the team’s operating cycle. Agree which scenario is effective for a revision and who may alter that link. The organization should also decide how to refer to earlier process work in the predecessor field.

Assign separate people to prepare and independently review a revision. A Process Owner can request validation, but the Independent Reviewer must see the exact revision and evidence behind the result. Set the review threshold before teams begin comparing cycle times. A changed assumption should be visible as a changed scenario or revision, not hidden in a narrative result.

Start with a draft model for an intake process. Add its owning organization, owner and scenario. Ask the Model Designer to map the intake and specialist handoff as ordered nodes. Validate that revision and inspect the resulting run and pending review decision. Have the Independent Reviewer record a decision against that revision before the Simulation Operator starts the simulation.

After the run, compare the result with the draft’s intended path. If the work changes, create a successor revision and retain the previous execution record. Confirm that the Published status belongs to the reviewed revision the Process Owner intended. The important handoff is from a named owner to a reviewable revision, then to a result that can be traced back to the same source.

• Model revision workboard — Move across the active lifecycle while keeping the owner and revision visible.
• My process models — Find the revisions assigned to you for preparation and follow-up.
• Published models — Inspect the current reference and its recorded cycle time.

Follow validation and review before simulation execution. Use implementation to set ownership and revision rules.