OLR: Exercise 4 cont. – Topic 1

What is workflow?

To me workflow is the process and procedure of performing task. These tasks are a routine and need to be performed to follow a certain set of rules.

Wikipedia Descibes workflow as

A workflow is a reliably repeatable pattern of activity enabled by a systematic organization of resources, defined roles and mass, energy and information flows, into a work process that can be documented and learned. Workflows are always designed to achieve processing intents of some sort, such as physical transformation, service provision, or information processing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workflow

http://www.e-workflow.org Describes workflow as:

The automation of a business process, in whole or part, during which documents, information or tasks are passed from one participant* to another for action, according to a set of procedural rules.

And finally techtarget.com descriebs workflow as:

Workflow is a term used to describe the tasks, procedural steps, organizations or people involved, required input and output information, and tools needed for each step in a business process

http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci213384,00.html