System and method for interactive process management

1. A method for supplying information relating to a hierarchical structure of a plurality of process models, comprising the steps of:

(a) storing at least one process control for each of the plurality of process models;

(b) associating the process controls with corresponding ones of the process controls; and

(c) creating a media file adapted to depict, at the direction of a user, a plurality of relational linkages of the plurality of process models based on the association of the process controls, the creating including:

importing a file corresponding respectively to each process control, and

converting each file obtained by the importing to a format of the media file.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein each process control is comprised of at least one metric.

3. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

(d) determining whether each process control has been approved; and

(e) publishing the media file if the process control has been approved.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

(d) communicating, at the direction of the user, the plurality of process controls, wherein the plurality of process controls comprises at least one of a scorecard, a line of visibility model, a process map, a critical to quality tree, a scorecard, a report and a linkage to additional information relating to a process model.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

(d) storing additional data relating to the process controls; and

(e) communicating, at the direction of the user, the additional data relating to the process model.

6. A system for supplying information relating to a hierarchical structure of a plurality of process models comprising:

a storage unit operable to store at least one process control for each of the plurality of process models;

a processor operable to associate the process controls with corresponding ones of the process controls; and

a media file creator operable to import a file corresponding respectively to each process control, convert each imported file to a format of the media file, and create a media file adapted to depict, at the direction of a user, a plurality of relational linkages of the plurality of process models based on the association of the process controls.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein each process control is comprised of at least one metric.

8. The system according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an approval unit operable to determine whether each process control has been approved; and

a publishing unit operable to publish the media file if the process control has been approved.

9. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:

an interface constructed to communicate at the direction of a user the plurality of process controls, wherein the plurality of process controls comprises at least one of a scorecard, a line of visibility model, a process map, a critical to quality tree, a scorecard, a report and a linkage to additional information relating to a process model.

10. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:

another storage unit operable to store additional data relating to the process controls; and

the processor further operable to communicate, at the direction of the user, the additional data relating to the process model.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to supply information relating to a hierarchical structure of a plurality of process models, said control logic comprising:

first computer readable program code for causing the computer to store at least one process control for each of the plurality of process models;

second computer readable program code for causing the computer to associate the process controls with corresponding ones of the process controls; and

third computer readable program code for causing the computer to create a media file adapted to depict, at the direction of a user, a plurality of relational linkages of the plurality of process models based on the association of the process controls, the third computer readable readable program code including:

code for causing the computer to import a file corresponding respectively to each process control, and

code for causing the computer to convert each file obtained by the code for causing the computer to import to a format of the media file.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein each process control is comprised of at least one metric.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , further comprising:

fourth computer readable program code for causing the computer to determine whether each process control has been approved; and

fifth computer readable program code for causing the computer to publish the media file if the process control has been approved.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , further comprising:

fourth computer readable program code for causing the computer to communicate at the direction of a user the plurality of process controls, wherein the plurality of process controls comprises at least one of a scorecard, a line of visibility models, a process map, a critical to quality tree, a scorecard, a report and a linkage to additional information relating to a process model.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 , further comprising:

fourth computer readable program code for causing the computer to store additional data relating to the process controls; and

fifth computer readable program code for causing the computer to communicate, at the direction of the user, the additional data relating to the process model.