Prosessiaan
Prosessiaan is a concept in Finnish management and information systems discourse that denotes a consciously process-centric approach to organizing work. It describes an orientation that prioritizes understanding, designing, and continuously improving end-to-end processes across organizational boundaries, rather than focusing primarily on functions, departments, or individual tasks.
Origins and usage: The term has emerged in Finnish scholarly and practitioner literature during the late 2010s
Core principles: Prosessiaan emphasizes an end-to-end view of value creation, systematic process documentation and mapping (for
Applications: The concept informs initiatives across manufacturing, healthcare, software development, and service design. It supports process
Benefits and challenges: Potential benefits include greater transparency, faster decision-making, reduced waste, and improved cross-functional collaboration.
See also: Business process management, process mining, Lean, Six Sigma, value stream mapping, agile software development.