# Welcome
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YouDesign Processes
**Design it. Wire it. To everything.**
> ℹ️ **Extension pack for YouDesign Models.** Processes is included at no additional cost with every active [YouDesign Models](https://app.gitbook.com/o/C4zZz8JNanDIePyC2CfT/s/OS5XKTz5WlrX4s5rESlH/) subscription. It does not run standalone — YouDesign Models is required.
### What it is
YouDesign Processes adds the full **BPMN 2.0 shape library** to YouDesign Models. Install it, and the Models canvas gains events, activities, gateways, swimlanes, pools, and everything else you need to author standards-compliant process diagrams.
The shapes are the extension. The engine is Models.
That architecture is the whole point: process diagrams are not a separate tool with a separate database and a separate governance model. They are first-class Models diagrams — authored with BPMN shapes, but stored, secured, versioned, and linked to live ServiceNow data by the same engine that runs the rest of your YouDesign canvas.
Processes turns a process diagram from a picture into a **live node in your enterprise graph**.
### Why it matters
Most process tools live in isolation — separate repository, separate vocabulary, separate truth. When the business changes, the diagram doesn't. When the diagram changes, the business doesn't know.
Processes closes that gap by design:
* **One platform.** Process diagrams live inside YouDesign Models on ServiceNow, under the same CSDM, governed by the same ACLs.
* **One metamodel.** Every BPMN shape can reference real CMDB and CSDM objects — not free text.
* **One source of truth.** A change to an application propagates instantly to every process that touches it.
### What you can do
Everything below is delivered by YouDesign Models as soon as the BPMN shapes are present. No separate configuration, no separate permissions, no separate data store.
| Capability | What it means |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **BPMN 2.0 modeling** | Full BPMN shape library — events, activities, gateways, swimlanes, pools, data objects, annotations. *(Delivered by Processes.)* |
| **Native ServiceNow data binding** | Link any BPMN element to live records: business applications, capabilities, services, projects, controls, risks. *(Models engine.)* |
| **Swimlanes & RACI** | Assign roles, owners, and accountabilities directly from ServiceNow user and group tables. *(Models engine, BPMN swimlane shape.)* |
| **Process-to-architecture traceability** | See which capabilities a process realizes, which applications support it, and which services it consumes — in one view. *(Models engine.)* |
| **GRC-ready** | Surface controls, risks, and compliance obligations on the process diagram itself. Decision-ready for audit. *(Models engine.)* |
| **Lifecycle & versioning** | Draft → Review → Approved → Retired, with full version history and ServiceNow workflow integration. *(Models engine.)* |
| **Collaboration in-canvas** | Comment, present, and review without leaving the diagram. *(Models engine.)* |
### How it fits with YouDesign Models
Think of Processes as a **shape pack** that unlocks a new kind of diagram inside Models.
* **Models** provides the infinite visual canvas, the object/surface/lens architecture, the data-aware diagramming engine, the governance, and the collaboration.
* **Processes** provides the BPMN 2.0 shape set — and every capability that shape set needs to behave like a real process diagram (validation rules, connector constraints, BPMN-specific rendering).
Every process you author with Processes shapes is a first-class Models diagram — visible in hierarchy maps, stack views, and future-state scenarios alongside every other object in your enterprise graph. It shares the same roles, the same lifecycle, the same audit trail as every other Models artifact.
### Who it's for
* **Business Process Analysts** documenting end-to-end processes with real architectural context.
* **Enterprise Architects** connecting business processes to capabilities, applications, and services.
* **GRC & Risk teams** mapping controls and risks to the processes they govern.
* **Transformation leads** evaluating process change impact across the application and service portfolio.
### Zero admin overhead
YouDesign Processes has no roles, no separate UI, no parallel governance. If your team already uses YouDesign Models, Processes is ready the moment it installs:
* **No new roles to assign** — Models roles govern process diagrams exactly as they govern every other diagram.
* **No new training on permissions** — your existing Models permission model already covers it.
* **No new integration work** — the data bindings you already configured in Models apply to BPMN shapes automatically.
* **No new governance setup** — your Models approval and lifecycle rules apply to process diagrams natively.
### Licensing & prerequisites
| Item | Requirement |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **License cost** | Included free with YouDesign Models |
| **Dependency** | Active [YouDesign Models](https://app.gitbook.com/o/C4zZz8JNanDIePyC2CfT/s/OS5XKTz5WlrX4s5rESlH/) subscription (required) |
| **Platform** | ServiceNow — Washington DC, Xanadu, Yokohama, or Zurich |
| **Additional modules** | None required. Optional integrations with ServiceNow GRC, APM, and ITSM. |
| **Scope** | `x_inpi_yd_bpm` |
| **Data storage** | Diagrams live in the YouDesign Models scope, not in the Processes scope |
> ⚠️ **Processes cannot function without YouDesign Models.** The Processes app installs a BPMN shape library only. If YouDesign Models is not installed and active, the shapes have nothing to render in and no engine to run against.
### Getting started
1. **Verify YouDesign Models is active.** Confirm your instance has a valid YouDesign Models subscription.
2. **Install YouDesign Processes** from the ServiceNow Store.
3. **Open any YouDesign Models canvas.** The BPMN shape category is now available.
4. **Create your first process.** Drag BPMN shapes onto the canvas.
5. **Wire it up.** Link swimlanes to roles, activities to applications, gateways to decisions, events to controls — using the same Models data-binding you already know.
### Next steps
* 📘 [YouDesign Models](https://app.gitbook.com/o/C4zZz8JNanDIePyC2CfT/s/OS5XKTz5WlrX4s5rESlH/) documentation
* 🛠 [Installation & Setup](https://docs.ins-pi.com/processes/get-the-app/installation)
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*YouDesign Processes is part of the YouDesign Enterprise Transformation Suite by ins-pi.*
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