It's a subjective process which is, of course, not without its problems.

The fifth and sixth places on the team will be decided by a selection committee through a more subjective process.

Is this a highly subjective process, or is there a structured framework for making these decisions?

Explanatory notes would tend to find their way into the body of a text as a natural result of this subjective process.

That said, assessing the acoustics of any opera house or concert hall is a highly subjective process.

Like all research, analytic induction is a subjective process.

Buying and selling cars can be a pretty subjective process.

Organizational self-structuring is a political, subjective process that can be affected by systems, individuals, interests, and traditions in which it takes place.

Measuring service quality may involve both subjective and objective processes.

A subjective process are in many places the exclusive means of getting on a bidders list for public contract work.