The ProM platform is a plugin-based framework for process mining. The framework is centered around three basic concepts
- Data Objects (1) which live the workspace tab (2),
- Plugins which you can acces via the run tab (3), and
- Visualizers which you can access via the visualizer tab (4)
Data objects, plugins, and visualizer are organized in Packages which you can install via the package manager.

Data Objects
All data and models are represented as Objects (1). The most important ProM objects are
- Event Logs
- Process Models, especially for
- Petri Nets
- BPMN Diagrams
Plugins
ProM has Plugins for
Visualizers
ProM has Visualizers for most objects. The most used visualizers in ProM are for
Packages
All objects and plugins in ProM are offered through packages, which you can install via the package manager.