Selecting the best technology and other tools to support the implementation and maintenance of a process framework is critical.

Organizations typically adopt process frameworks or other external models to ensure that the entire enterprise (or a specific business unit) operates according to a single standard.

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Many organizations adopt frameworks as part of an enterprise-wide restructuring effort. But adopting a framework at any level of an organization, in any particular department, can yield substantial gains.

Frameworks should link organizational work with employee and customer values.

To get the maximum benefit from a process framework, organizations should adopt the framework as-is before adapting it.

The larger an organization grows, the more difficult it is to align all of its moving parts and ensure that everyone is working toward the same strategic objectives.

The larger an organization grows, the more difficult it is to align all of its moving parts and ensure that everyone is working toward the same strategic objectives.

An increasing number of organizations are applying process frameworks and reference models in their businesses in order to cope with growth, new markets, and complex organizational structures.