The structuring and organization of the technical and organizational business processes has up
to now been the domain of the users, application suppliers and tool manufacturers. Accompany-
ing the procedures stipulated by the tools, the user organizations and enterprises have develo-
ped codes, regulations and best practice rules, etc., to make these processes efficient. In order
to secure this knowledge and make it available to users in a concentrated form for integration in
the general business processes, it appears appropriate to group the essential elements of the
technical and organizational business processes together in standards.