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What is simple word for "process instance"?

English Language & Usage Asked by Igor Romanov on October 2, 2021

In BPM (business process management) “process” means a definition of process, a model and a specific process (created using that definition) is called “process instance”.
Eg. “Sending Invoice to Customer” is a process, “Sending Feb 2017 invoice to ACME Inc.” is a process instance.

What could be better and simpler terms, so that people non experienced with BPM can quickly understand that one is basically “used as a template” to create another?

4 Answers

Procedure: (dictionary.com)

1. an act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process; conduct.

2.a particular course or mode of action.

Procedure

A fixed, step-by-step sequence of activities or course of action (with definite start and end points) that must be followed in the same order to correctly perform a task. Repetitive procedures are called routines.

Answered by mahmud k pukayoor on October 2, 2021

In layman's terms, an instance of a process could be called an action (at least in the given example).

Answered by michael.hor257k on October 2, 2021

Instead of "process instance," you could say

a particular process

particular:

special or single, or this and not any other: Is there a particular restaurant you’d like to eat at?

(Cambridge)

Answered by aparente001 on October 2, 2021

Process execution?

When a process is started, a process execution is created that runs a defined set of actions.

It's not much more self explanatory than "process instance", but it makes more sense with context, e.g. "a process is being executed".

Answered by aalimovs on October 2, 2021

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