Publication: What is an IGOE?

IGOE is an acronym for Input, Guide, Output, and Enabler.  These are the basic components of any business process.  The IGOE concept, like most things, is not completely new.  It is based on the first detailed method for capturing and documenting process information.  The original technique was called IDEF0, developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for the purpose of capturing the process of manufacturing fighter planes...<br/>Separating the components of a process into Input, Guide, Output, and Enabler allows the analyst to focus on specific aspects of a process.<br/>