A business process is a recurring sequence of activities following a more or less rigid pattern of rules. A business process is goal-oriented and is directly related to the market oriented value creation of an enterprise. Executing business processes requires the use of scarce resources.

Related terms: Business process model, Business process type

Source(s): Frank, U.; Laak, Bodo van: Anforderungen an Sprachen zur Modellierung von Geschäftsprozessen, Arbeitsberichte des Instituts für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universität Koblenz, Nr. 34, 2003