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Hi everyone, I'm back again, this time to share a set of import files I created based on the APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Cross-Industry - Version 7.4. You can find the official APQC PCF here: APQC PCF Cross-Industry Version 7.4.

To structure these files, I used the PCF LEVELS EXPLAINED, which defines five levels:

• LEVEL 1: CATEGORY
• LEVEL 2: PROCESS GROUP
• LEVEL 3: PROCESS
• LEVEL 4: ACTIVITY
• LEVEL 5: TASK

Here is how the classes in Essential were populated:

Business_Process_Family: Populated with Level 2 (Process Group) entries.
Business_Process: Populated with Levels 1, 2, and 3 (Category, Process Group, and Process) while maintaining the hierarchical structure and associating each process to its respective Business_Process_Family.

Business_Activity: Populated with Level 4 (Activity).

Business_Task: Populated with Level 5 (Task).

I hope these files are useful to anyone looking to integrate the APQC PCF into their Essential Open Source environment.

I welcome any feedback, suggestions, or improvements from the community to help refine and enhance this work. Looking forward to collaborating and learning from all of you!

Thank you!

These are great, thanks for sharing them!

Terry,

This is great thanks. Are you OK if we put these on the Free Downloads part of the web site and credit you?

John

John

Are the Business_Activity and Business_Task classes used in essential viewer? I couldn't see a page that referenced them.

Hi Ben,

We do use Business Activity in the open source Business Process Flow view and it will in the upcoming Business Process Summary view update (as BPMN for Cloud/Docker), but we don't currently display Business Tasks.

John
PS the reason BPMN isn't in OS is that we use a commercial third party license for creating and rendering the BPMN views, so can't put the code in open source.

JohnM wrote: 20 May 2025, 07:54 Terry,

This is great thanks. Are you OK if we put these on the Free Downloads part of the web site and credit you?

John

Sure, you can certainly share it on the Free Downloads part of the web site!

Thanks Terry

ben.ralph.nmc wrote: 20 May 2025, 09:19 John

Are the Business_Activity and Business_Task classes used in essential viewer? I couldn't see a page that referenced them.

Hi, Ben, look at this post. Present the Business Activities and Business Tasks in a BPMN flow could be a possibility. viewtopic.php?p=32741#p32741