Eunomia Process Builder, the Business Process Modeling tool

Do you need efficient and well applied processes aligned with your business strategy?

Document and optimize your processes using Eunomia Process Builder!

Eunomia Process Builder is an efficient and easy-to-use Method and Business Process Modeling tool
It allows the designing of accurate processes and generation of process websites.

 

Eunomia Process Builder contains a powerful schema editor that allows designing process diagrams using UML 2.4 Activity diagrams or BPMN 2.0 process and collaboration diagrams.
UML / BPMN meta model is extended with Eunomia process Builder process items (workflows, macro-activities, activities, phases, work products, templates, examples, roles, procedures, guides, quality criteria, policies, measures, glossary items, group & view items) and their associated attributes and associations

 

If you want to model your method,  manufacturing,  business processes, or manage process improvement,
Eunomia Process Builder is for you!

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Process Design - UML, BPMN Structure process elements

Design your process
(UML, BPMN)
Generate

And generate your
process  website

Define and structure your process elements
Process Website
Process object characteristics

Define your process elements characteristics

”Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction” - John F. Kennedy

 Community edition
Freeware with all features
for small / medium size process
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Process Architect edition
for large process
75 € / 95 $

 

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Example of BPMN collaboration diagram designed with Eunomia Process Builder
BPMN Editor

Example of generated Process website - with tooltips on each object to give a quick overview
Generated Process Website

Why use Eunomia Process Builder?
  • Quick and easy process modeling
  • Process repository
  • Support for a standard notation: UML 2.4 or BPMN 2.0 notation
  • Not only schema! Manage process object attributes and links
  • Ability to create simple or complex (nested) models of processes
  • Ability to post models on web so they can be widely shared:
    • Easy access to information:
      • Structured information
      • Tooltips to give a quick overview
      • Different views for different needs
    • Great look and feel
    • Process websites in two languages
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Why do you need to formalize processes?

Firstly, defining method or business processes enables lasting and homogeneous practices to be used across your organization.

Secondly, it allows the sharing of best practices and lessons learned across the organization, supporting continuous process improvement and achieving lasting process performance (In process performance we include the respect of quality, cost and deadline commitments but also process efficiency).

Thirdly, it allows process analysis: determining where inefficiencies lie, and detecting where processes can be optimized and/or automated.

Fourthly, some standards require that organization processes be defined (for instance ISO 9001, CMMI level 3, Sarbanes–Oxley Act…)

And finally, it allows the consistent integration of process requirements from different standards (ISO, CMMI, ISO/CEI, AFNOR, ANSI, BSI, DIN, NBN, JSA, UL)

Defining standard processes does not necessarily mean that practices cannot be tailored by users for a specific context (so that practices can be efficient in every context). In fact it depends on the kind of process you model: if you model manufacturing processes, you certainly do not want that process to be tailored, but if you model software Agile processes, tailoring is crucial.
Eunomia Process Builder lets you define tailoring information.

Why do you need business process modeling and process website generation?

Of course, processes can be defined by a set of Word or PowerPoint documents, but using a business process modeling tool has many advantages.

Perhaps the most important point is that business process modeling provides users with easy access to information: information is structured and presented with a homogeneous look and feel. Processes can be read hierarchically from a high level overview to a high level of detail.

Using visual representation of processes (UML activity diagrams or BPMN collaboration diagrams) improves the readability of the processes and the ease of process definition.

Different process views can be generated for different needs without duplicating the source information.
For instance if you model a Software Development Life Cycle, you can define views according to process area for training purposes (by process area we mean for instance project management, supplier management, configuration management, quality assurance, requirement development and management and software engineering…). But these process area processes are only views of the Software Development Life Cycle process that contains all the activities.
In the case of less coupled processes, you can also design a view that presents the collaboration between the processes.

Process integrity and in a sense process completeness is also ensured. For instance, you will not forget to define the produced work products of a given activity.
Web pages corresponding to different process classes are also generated consistently. For instance if you model an activity A with an out work product W and in which a role R is involved, the A activity web page will of course be generated with the W and R information, but the W work product page will also include activity A as the activity that creates/updates this work product, while the R role web page will also include activity A as an activity in which the role is involved.

The fact that no source information is duplicated and that the business process modeling tool provides a process integrity report facilitates the maintainability of the process repository, resulting in long-term cost-savings for the organization.
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Key points for a successful process improvement program

There are many factors that lead to a successful process improvement program.
For a method process (for instance for a software development process or a product design process), the following factors are particularly important (for a business process or a manufacturing process, other factors may be important):

- The process improvement sponsor should be at the right hierarchy level

- The new processes must take into account business goals, existing practices, and state of the art practices. They should be designed in collaboration with end users’ representatives or be designed solely by these representatives.

- Process tailoring guidelines must be included in the process repository so that processes are efficient in every context and for every team. Eunomia process Builder enables you to define tailoring guidelines at work product, activity and workflow levels.

- The process repository should provide easy access to information.
Eunomia Process Builder is a business process modeling tool that has been specially designed to provide user friendly views. For instance Eunomia Process Builder generates  a web page containing all the work product templates classified by domains and disciplines.
Tooltips that give key information when the mouse is rolled over a process element are also greatly appreciated by end-users because they provide a quick overview of the key points without the need to open the corresponding web page.

- Change management is of course essential: training, coaching, management involvement at every level.

- Institutionalization practices are also essential so that processes can be durable and remain efficient, and so that practices are retained during times of stress.
There are several schools of thought on this subject:
- if you are a CMMI supporter, quality assurance and measures are institutionalization practices and provides visibility of the performed processes performance. They allow the identification and implementation of process corrective actions, and provide information to improve the standard processes in the next improvement loop.
- If you are an Agile supporter, the Scrum Master (Scrum method) keeps the team aligned with Agile principle. The team’s self-organization is also certainly an important institutionalization practice.

As you see, choosing the right business process modeling tool is not the only success factor but it is a key point that can significantly influence the success of your process improvement program. Eunomia Process Builder is a good choice!
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Testimonial

During field tests, Eunomia Process Builder has been used to design different kinds of processes:
- Software project development and software maintenance processes using the CMMI model.
- Software project development using Agile principles (at organization level and at project level)
- System design processes
- Business processes

Each time, Eunomia Process Builder perfectly met the needs of the client, and the result was greatly appreciated by the Engineering Process Group and by the end-users.

We also took into account the field test feedback in the 2.x release in order to provide a great product!
 

 Stéphane Déprès –  ‘Eunomia Process’  Owner

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I use and recommend "Eunomia Process Builder" for three main reasons.

1. Its rapid implementation. It fits easily into an existing architecture and everything is available immediately after installation.

2. Ease of understanding and use. Meta-model and website generator easy to master. Neither configuration nor maintenance required.

3. Its efficiency. It allows to deliver and focus on the result, in several languages, at a lower investment.
 

Stéphane Moog -
Head of IT Methods & Transversal projects at AXA Corporate Solutions