1. A method for controlling a plurality of processes in a data processing system, comprising the steps of: dynamically presenting a representation of each of the processes for selection on a display; displaying process information for each of the processes in each of the representations; selecting at least one process from the representations; in response to a selection of at least one process from user controls, gathering live process data for the at least one selected process from the data processing system; displaying the gathered process data in a control console; and in response to a command from the user controls, initiating at least one action on the at least one process.