− | A '''procedure''' is a specified [[series]] of [[actions]] or operations which have to be [[executed]] in a specified [[manner]] in order to always obtain the same result under the same [[circumstances]] (for example, [[emergency]] procedures). Less precisely [[speaking]], this [[word]] can indicate a [[sequence]] of tasks, steps, [[decisions]], [[calculation]]s and [[processes]], that when undertaken in the [[sequence]] laid down produces the described [[Effect|result]], product or outcome. A procedure usually induces a [[change]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedure] | + | A '''procedure''' is a specified [[series]] of [[actions]] or operations which have to be [[executed]] in a specified [[manner]] in order to always obtain the same result under the same [[circumstances]] (for example, [[emergency]] procedures). Less precisely [[speaking]], this [[word]] can indicate a [[sequence]] of tasks, steps, [[decisions]], [[calculation]]s and [[processes]], that when undertaken in the [[sequence]] laid down produces the described [[Effect|result]], product or outcome. A procedure usually induces a [[change]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedure] |