A computer implemented method for performing a bioprocess on automated laboratory equipment including liquid handling and dispensing apparatus or more advanced laboratory robotic systems, wherein the bioprocess is a specific sequence of transformative events performed upon a starting material in order to transform the starting material into a product or determine information about the starting material, wherein the method comprises: implementing at least one unit operation to completion, wherein the unit operation is a step or sub-step in the bioprocess, such that a set of successive unit operations together form the complete bioprocess, the unit operation being an element structure, the element structure comprising a plurality of functional section blocks, and wherein the section blocks comprise at least one of the group consisting of: imports; parameters; data; physical inputs; requirements; setup; and execution steps; wherein: the import section block specifies what additional protocols, parts or unit operations are needed to execute the element; the parameters section block defines information inputs to the element; the data section block defines information outputs from the element; the physical inputs section blocks defines starting materials or parts used in the unit operation, and their appropriate type; the requirements section block contains instructions executed to confirm that the states of any physical inputs are suitable for successful completion of the unit operation; the execution steps section block describes the steps taken to transform a set of parameters and physical inputs into outputs; and controlling automated laboratory equipment to implement the at least one unit operation of the biological process, characterised in that, as the at least one unit operation is completed the automated laboratory equipment is prompted to provide feedback metrics on the performance of the unit operation to a standardisation engine in order to generate a unit operation that has a defined standardised element structure. implementing at least one unit operation to completion, wherein the unit operation is a step or sub-step in the bioprocess, such that a set of successive unit operations together form the complete bioprocess, the unit operation being an element structure, the element structure comprising a plurality of functional section blocks, and wherein the section blocks comprise at least one of the group consisting of: imports; parameters; data; physical inputs; requirements; setup; and execution steps; wherein: the import section block specifies what additional protocols, parts or unit operations are needed to execute the element; the parameters section block defines information inputs to the element; the data section block defines information outputs from the element; the physical inputs section blocks defines starting materials or parts used in the unit operation, and their appropriate type; the requirements section block contains instructions executed to confirm that the states of any physical inputs are suitable for successful completion of the unit operation; the execution steps section block describes the steps taken to transform a set of parameters and physical inputs into outputs; and the import section block specifies what additional protocols, parts or unit operations are needed to execute the element; the parameters section block defines information inputs to the element; the data section block defines information outputs from the element; the physical inputs section blocks defines starting materials or parts used in the unit operation, and their appropriate type; the requirements section block contains instructions executed to confirm that the states of any physical inputs are suitable for successful completion of the unit operation; the execution steps section block describes the steps taken to transform a set of parameters and physical inputs into outputs; and controlling automated laboratory equipment to implement the at least one unit operation of the biological process, characterised in that, as the at least one unit operation is completed the automated laboratory equipment is prompted to provide feedback metrics on the performance of the unit operation to a standardisation engine in order to generate a unit operation that has a defined standardised element structure.