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APQC’s Resource Library is your source for timely and topical information to help you meet your most complex business process and knowledge management challenges. Explore our ever-growing collection of more than 8,600 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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Benchmarking Basics
This collection contains the main items you will need to start a benchmarking initiative, including templates, tools, a glossary, APQC's Process Classification Framework,…
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Benchmarking Code of Conduct
This internationally accepted standard provides detailed guidelines for organizations in conducting their benchmarking activities. Adherence to APQC's code of conduct…
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How to Apply Process Frameworks
This collection provides "how to" guidance and best practices for the top applications of process frameworks, including APQC's Process Classification Framework (PCF)®.
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2024 Operational KPI Priorities & Challenges
APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities associated with operational KPIs for process and performance management (PPM) practitioners in 2024…
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A primary reason APQC’s Process Classification Framework (PCF)® is the most used process framework in the world is its adaptability. The framework’s common language for…
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How to Use APQC's Process Audit Template
Process audits help organizations to evaluate the health of a specific process or process group. Organizations looking to evaluate the maturity of their entire process…
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Process Audits and Process Maturity Assessments: What They Are and How They Are Different
Process audits and process maturity assessments are valuable practices that can help organizations get the most out of their process work. When used effectively, process…
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APQC’s Seven Tenets of Process ManagementSM are tools that can help organizations move from the “developed” stage and overcome the issues where so many organizations go wrong…
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APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management in Depth
Process management can revolutionize the way an organization does business and generates value. APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management℠ provide a clear framework any…
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Getting the Most Out of Performance Measurement
Performance measurement can present tricky challenges for management, especially when dealing with cultural resistance. This collection of articles explains how to implement…
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How to Report Quality in a Suite of Measures
Including a small suite of two to five quality measures in an executive measurement report ensures that leaders are aware of quality levels and trends and can address issues…
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Quality Measurement
Organizations must maintain a high level of quality in both customer-facing and internal processes. Measurement is key to increasing performance, but quality is an elusive…
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APQC recommends maintaining an awareness of these three factors—frequency, standardization, and transparency—when developing quality measurement to ensure that the…
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Project Management Basics
This collection contains articles that discuss topics related to project, program, and portfolio management. They include classic APQC pieces that give insight into best…
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In today’s complex organizations, it can be difficult to understand where inefficiencies stem from and how performance can be enhanced. The use of “process improvement” as an…