Workflow Conceptual Guide

By Lars Pind on 27 July 2000.

ACS Documentation : Workflow : Workflow Conceptual Guide


Who should read this? (a) Managers who want to know what the workflow package can do for your business. (b) Developers who want to learn how the workflow package can make your application easier to develop.

The Quick Basics

The workflow packages coordinates the work of multiple people dealing with the same project in a fixed process.

That project could be the fulfillment of orders on an ecommerce website. The process would include billing the credit card, packing and shipment. If we can't bill the customer's credit card, we'd spam him and ask him to come back and change his billing information. If some items are on back order, we may put the packaging on hold until all the items are there, or we may ship an incomplete shipment. Eventually, the order will be fulfilled (unless it was canceled during the processing).

More Examples Of Workflows

What the Workflow Package Does for You

The workflow engine provides one-stop shopping for handling the project.
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