Workflow

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  workflow
       n : progress (or rate of progress) in work being done [syn: {work
           flow}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  workflow
       
          1.  The {scheduling} of independent jobs on
          a computer.
       
          See also {time-sharing}, {WFL}.
       
          2.  The set of relationships between all the activities
          in a project, from start to finish.  Activities are related by
          different types of trigger relation.  Activities may be
          triggered by external events or by other activities.
       
          3. The movement of documents around an organisation for
          purposes including sign-off, evaluation, performing activities
          in a process and co-writing.
       
          [Stef Joosten et.al. "An empirical study about the practice of
          workflow management", {WA-12} report, 1994].
       
          (1995-03-27)