Department: IT Process Optimization with Process Mining
Year
Location
Global
Company Size
Any size
Disclaimer
The use cases in this library are practical guides based on typical process-improvement engagements. Figures and outcomes are typical expectations, not a specific customer's verified results, nor a promise of future results.
IT Process Optimization
Why it matters
IT teams need reliable answers about incident management, change management, service delivery, and infrastructure operations. Yet building dashboards from raw event data can take weeks. Even after the dashboards go live, you may still question whether the KPIs reflect the actual process.
ProcessMind turns your event log into real process KPIs and trend dashboards. You can verify the process map against the source data, calculate KPIs automatically, and see how performance changes over time.
This gives you a practical view of:
- Incident resolution times and SLA performance
- Handoffs, rework, and bottlenecks in IT workflows
- Change implementation and service disruption patterns
- Workload, throughput, and process trends
- Differences between the documented process and the process teams actually follow
How to approach it
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Mine: Connect ITSM data, CMDB records, and operational logs to ProcessMind. Use Process Mining to analyze incident management, change management, IT service delivery, and infrastructure processes. Review the event log and process variants to identify bottlenecks, deviations, and unnecessary manual work. Use mapping confidence to verify that the generated process map represents the underlying data.
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Model: Use Process Mapping and BPMN 2.0 to document the process you want to manage. Compare the model with the mined process and make gaps visible. Define KPIs for cycle time, resolution time, SLA compliance, handoffs, rework, and throughput. Automated KPI calculation gives you consistent metrics without weeks of manual dashboard building.
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Simulate: Use Process Simulation to test proposed changes before you implement them. Compare scenarios such as additional capacity, different routing rules, automation, or revised approval steps. Use the results to estimate how changes may affect service levels, workload, cost, and operational risk.
What you can expect
Your results depend on event-log quality, process scope, and the changes you implement. Teams typically use this approach to:
- Reduce cycle time by 20-40% in targeted workflows
- Cut manual reporting and dashboard preparation
- Improve confidence in process maps and KPI definitions
- Identify recurring bottlenecks before they affect service levels
- Track trends instead of relying on a single point-in-time view
- Prioritize improvement work with evidence from the event log
Getting started
Start with one process and a clear question, such as: Where does incident resolution slow down? Which change types create the most rework? Are SLA breaches concentrated in a specific team, service, or handoff?
Bring together the event log, case identifier, activity names, timestamps, and relevant attributes. Then use ProcessMind to validate the mapping, calculate your first KPIs, and build a trend dashboard. Once you trust the data and definitions, expand the analysis to related IT processes and use simulation to evaluate improvement options.
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