Before diving into the ProcessView Detailed Analysis ouput, it is important to understand that some worksheets will be divided into two sections, Probability Weighted and Baseline. Baseline Statistics reflect the data entered by the user. Probability Weighted Statistics reflect baseline statistics that are weighted based by their frequency of occurrence. Baseline Statistics assume that all activities and transfers in a process will occur 100% of the time. The use of Baseline Statistics in assessing the performance of a process i.e. the time, work and cost to perform the process, will result in artificially inflated values. Probability Weighted Statistics provide a more realistic view of process performance because they take into account the relative frequency of occurrence of activities and transfers. ProcessView’s application of probability factors and its analysis of Relative Frequency will result in more accurate representations of the time, work and cost characteristics of a process.
Consider the 'Research a Solution' activity shown below. When 'Research' is performed, 1 hour of processing time is required; this is the baseline processing time. As only 30% of the arriving items will require 'Research', the probability-weighted processing time for this activity is 0.3 hours (18 minutes).
