Introduction to Process Automation › Phase I: Requirements Analysis › Identify Interdependencies

Identify Interdependencies

Interdependencies determine the logical flow through a process.

Follow these steps:

1. Determine which steps in a process must precede or follow other steps.
2. Determine how the outcome of each step affects subsequent steps.
3. For a step with more than one outcome, identify each outcome and list the separate sequence of steps that must run after each outcome.

   Note: The application performs each outcome separately. For example, an abnormal outcome of a step can cause a process to alert another step to wait for input. For the same step or operator, a custom outcome could activate a separate branch of the process to handle an error condition.