Resource Library
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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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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APQC's Process Excellence Assets
This is a collection of APQC's process excellence assets, that work together to empower process professionals and their organizations.
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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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Applying End-to-End Processes
An end-to-end process mindset is often necessary to help organizations achieve their goals because strategic goals are rarely functional in nature. They are large-scale…
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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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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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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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Best Practices in Process Frameworks 2023
In May 2023, APQC conducted its bi-annual “Best Practices in Process Frameworks” survey to learn how organizations are using process frameworks, the common adoption practices…
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How to Use Process Frameworks (Case Studies)
This collection compiles APQC's case studies about how organizations use process frameworks.
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APQC's Process Classification Framework® (PCF) contains hundreds of processes. The documents in this collection contain detailed definitions for all process elements within…
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End-to-End Process Maps and Measures
An end-to-end process mindset is often necessary to help organizations achieve their goals because strategic goals are rarely functional in nature. They are large-scale…
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APQC's Process Classification Framework (PCF) - Cross-Industry and Industry-Specific Versions
This collection contains links to all the most recent versions of APQC's Process Classification Framework (PCF), including the cross-industry framework, all industry-specific…
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Managing Change
Most improvements in organizations require some degree of change. Navigating new territory and supporting employees through the change takes planning and care. This…