It is platform independent as it is implemented in Java, and can be downloaded free of charge. ProM is an extensible framework that supports a wide variety of process mining techniques in the form of plug-ins. Process Mining strives to gain insight into various perspectives, such as the process (or control flow) perspective, the performance, data, and organizational perspective (The web site has more in-depth information and scientific publications available).

Process Mining research is concerned with the extraction of knowledge about a (business) process from its process execution logs. Process Mining is able to fill that gap, providing revolutionary means for the analysis and monitoring of real-life processes. While there are plenty of systems available for supporting the execution of such processes, the current practices for monitoring and analyzing this execution in the organizational reality still leaves a lot to be desired. Processes are an integral part of today's world, driving services and internal functionalities in businesses, governmental bodies, and organizations around the globe.