Copyright2017APQCAEROSPACEANDDEFENSEPROCESSCLASSIFICATIONFRAMEWORKVERSIONNUMBER7.0.5GENERATEDON8/17/2017FormoreinformationaboutthePCF,visitwww.apqc.org/pcfCOMPAREDTOAEROSPACEANDDEFENSEPROCESSCLASSIFICATIONFRAMEWORKVERSION6.1.0Copyright2017APQCAEROSPACEANDDEFENSEPROCESSCLASSIFICATIONFRAMEWORKVERSIONNUMBER7.0.5GENERATEDON8/17/2017FormoreinformationaboutthePCF,visitwww.apqc.org/pcfCOMPAREDTOAEROSPACEANDDEFENSEPROCESSCLASSIFICATIONFRAMEWORKVERSION6.1.0Copyright2017APQCUNDERSTANDINGTHISFILEThisfilerepresentsa"flat"Excel-basedversionofthePCF.Itincludesanumberofworksheetsintendedtocommunicatethevariousaspectsoftheframeworknecessarytointerpretitandmakefulluseofitsintendedcapabilities.Thesepagesillustratetheconfigurationofthisfile.Ifyouhavefurtherquestions,pleasecontactAPQCdirectlyonpcf_feedback@apqc.orgor+1-713-681-4020.PCFIDistheuniqueidentifierassignedtothespecificelementoneachrow.ThePCFIDisusedthroughoutAPQC'sopenstandardsbenchmarkingasawaytorelatemeasures,questions,andothermaterialsbacktospecificpartsofthePCF.ThePCFIDforaprocesselementisalignedtothespecificconceptidentifiedbytheprocesselement.Itwillbeconsistentacrossreleasesaslongastheconceptualmeaningdoesnotchange.HierarchyIDisthehuman-readableindexnumbercorrespondingtothisspecificprocesselementoneachrow.Thisnumberwillnotbeconsistentacrossreleases-meaningthataprocesselementmayhaveadifferenthierarchyIDamongasetofreleases.Differenceindexisascoreidentifyingthevolumeofchangestothisprocesselementacrossreleases.Thescoreisonlycomputedwhenaspecificreleaseiscomparedtoanotherspecificrelease.Thedifferenceindexencapsulatesthechangesamongalloftheprocesselement'sdescendents,notjusttheimmediatechildren.Thegreaterthenumber,themoresignificantthechangesbetweenthetworeleases.Changedetailsisasentenceexplaningthedifferencesintheimmediatechild-leveldescendentsofthespecificprocesselement.A"plus"symbol("+")beforeanumberindicatesthatthespecificprocesselementwasaddedsincethelastrelease.A"minus"symbol("-")beforeanumberindicatesthatthespecificprocesselementwasremovedsincethelastrelease.Iftheprocesselementwasrenamed,thesentencewillincludethephrase"RENAME,WAS:"followedbythenamepreviouslyusedbytheprocesselement.Anewelementisidentifiedbytheword"NEW".A"c"beforeanumberindicatesthatthespecificprocesselementchangedsincethecomparedrelease;itsawelementsadded,removed,thenamechanged,orsomecombinationofthosethreeoperations.MetricsavailableindicateswhetherornotmetricsareavailableinAPQC'sOpenStandardsBenchmarkinglibraryforthisspecificprocesselement.Formoreinformation,pleasevisithttp://www.apqc.org/osbCopyright2017APQCEXAMPLEIntheaboveimage,onecandiscernthatanewprocesselement"8.0ManageFinancialResources"(17058)wasaddedtotheframework.Thisnewelementwasaddedtothefile.Thisnewelementcontainsanumberofpreviouslyusedelements,includingasignificantchangetooneofitsimmediatechildren,10731,whichwaspresentinthepreviousrelease,butunderadifferentparent.Alsocategory11sawrelativelyfewchanges(differenceindex=2)whilecategory12sawthemostchanges(differenceindex=121).Developandmanagehumancapitalhadanumberofchangestoitsimmediatechildren(seethechangedetails)butthestructureoverallremainsverysimlar(differenceindex=50).Copyright2017APQCUNDERSTANDINGTHISFILEThisfilerepresentsa"flat"Excel-basedversionofthePCF.Itincludesanumberofworksheetsintendedtocommunicatethevariousaspectsoftheframeworknecess...