Licence and sources

CIPM: Cross-Industry Process Model is built from two open sources and our own work. Each part keeps its own terms, listed below in full.

1. Structure and process names: APQC Process Classification Framework®

The structure of this model (process groups, capabilities and process names) is derived from the APQC Process Classification Framework®. APQC's licence requires its notice in every copy and every derivative work. Here it is, verbatim:

©2022 APQC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This Process Classification Framework® ("PCF") is the copyrighted intellectual property of APQC. APQC encourages the wide distribution, discussion, and use of the PCF for classifying and defining organizational processes. Accordingly, APQC hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, publish, modify, and create derivative works of the PCF, provided that all copies of the PCF and any derivative works contain a copy of this notice.

APQC®, Process Classification Framework® and PCF® are trademarks of APQC. This site is not an APQC product, and it is not endorsed by APQC. More about the framework: www.apqc.org/pcf.

2. Process flows: open BPMN collection by Andrii Kopp (MIT licence)

The 208 process flows are based on the open BPMN collection by Andrii Kopp. Its notice, verbatim:

MIT License Copyright (c) 2021 Andrii Kopp Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

The presentation and interpretation of these flows in ArchiMate®, drawn in our own notation (a carefully crafted blend of BPMN, UPN and EPC), are ours.

3. Everything else

Diagrams, layout, flows between capabilities and texts: © 2026 Bora Perzic, Acrostine. Free to browse, link and cite with credit; republishing or commercial reuse needs written permission. Compiled and visualised by Bora Perzic with an AI agents team.

Archi® is a registered trademark of Phillip Beauvoir; ArchiMate® is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

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