Best Practices in Applying Process Frameworks 2025: Top Performers Report

Published On:

June 06, 2025

Authored By:

APQC

Members-Only Content:

In March 2025, APQC conducted its bi-annual “Best Practices in Process Frameworks” survey to learn how organizations are using process frameworks, the common adoption practices, implementation practices, and the challenges involved.

This report summarizes the thoughts and experiences of the survey respondents categorized by top performers versus all other performers. Top performer is defined as Survey participants who scored in the top 25^th percentile for organization’s process maturity and effectiveness of process management efforts.

Type:

Data and Measures

Topics:

Process and Performance Management, Business Process Management (BPM), Process Framework

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