When a record is yet to be created, a business process flow will present with the 1st Stage as Active and all subsequent Stages as Inactive. However, Data Steps configured for the subsequent Inactive stages, remain editable. Intuitively, this is wrong - i.e., an Inactive Stage containing editable fields, is a clear contradiction in terms.

As-is, therefore, a business process flow merely **suggests** the correct order for a User to follow - the system does not enforce it. It is, therefore, purely cosmetic - and so of significantly less value than it at first seems.