Process Description

explains the arrangement of a sequence in chronological order. In organization, it is similar to mechanism description, except that the "part-by-part" becomes step by step:

• What is it?
• What is its function?
• Where and when does it take place?
• Who or what performs it?
• How does it work?
• What are its principal steps? [2]

Process description includes sequence, instructions and procedure; however, only instruct if you expect your reader to perform the process you describe. Try to keep separate these two concepts: "How to do something" and "How something occurs" The first calls for instructions or procedure; the second, for sequence.