'''Process Patterns:patterns''' Process patterns can be defined as the set of activities, actions, work tasks or work products and similar related behavior followed in a software process lifecycle.
'''Process patterns''' can be more easily understood by dividing it into terms, Process which means the steps followed to achieve a task and patterns which means the recurrence or same basic features during the lifecycle of a process. Thus in a more universal term process patterns are common or general solution for a complexity.
Typical Examples of '''Process Patterns''' are:<br />
1. Customer communication (a process activity).<br />
2. Analysis (an action).<br />
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5. Design model (a work product).
'''Process Patterns''' can be best seen in software design cycle which involves the common stages of development. For example, a generic software design life cycles has following steps:<br />
