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Workflow Patterns home page. CuteFlow - Open Source document circulation/workflow system. Workflow in Application Integration. By Kevin Francis Summary: One of the greatest challenges facing the architect today is the integration of applications. Let's look at a framework for application integration that moves beyond the common, one-off integration approaches and toward a cohesive structure. The requirements for successful integration are outlined along with the presentation of an architectural approach for meeting these requirements by using tools such as workflow technologies.

Contents Enterprise Architecture BackboneIntegration Layer ComponentsExtending the Integration ScenarioA Successful Integration MindsetAbout the Author Integrating applications has continued to become more common, and the growing availability of tools and standards (such as the WS-I Web services standards) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) appear to hold a promise of easier integration. Figure 1. Table 1. Enterprise Architecture Backbone Figure 2. Table 2. Table 3. Why does all of the foregoing matter?

Integration Layer Components. Twelve Things You Should Know About Document Workflow | Ademero Learning Center. All businesses have workflows. You have to market what you sell, deliver against received orders, and collect cash against deliveries. Each of these involves workflow, defined as a sequence of activities that follow certain patterns. By looking critically at existing workflows you can find ways to make them more effective and more efficient while reducing the amount of effort provided. A workflow is a graphical representation of the processes and sequences involved in performing work. The processes can be consumption of resources, physical transformation, information flow, or human action. The work is designed to achieve a specific purpose, and it can be carried out by a single person, a group, or a whole organization.Workflow representations help us understand the issues and relationships involved in a manner that is easy to comprehend.

Modern document management systems typically come with the capability to attach documents to workflows. Why Workflows Work Better than Sitemaps. An example of a hifi workflow that defines a specific interaction In the last half of the decade we started noticing a trend at ZURB. Sitemaps started to disappear in a lot of our work and, in its place, we started using workflows instead. It turns out, workflows are more specific than sitemaps and map to actions a particular user will take through a website or application.

Also gone is the idea that you can capture the core benefits/functions in just one diagram. An example of a lofi workflow that roughs out a simple interaction Using workflows over sitemaps also makes it easier to prioritize important actions in the system— something that's useful for establishing measurable metrics, solid business goals, and a defined feature set to implement. BPM-Guide.de It’s Business Process Management. The Workflow Way: Understanding Windows Workflow Foundation. David Chappell Chappell & Associates April, 2009 Download this article Everybody who writes code wants to build great software. If that software is a server application, part of being great is scaling well, handling large loads without consuming too many resources.

A great application should also be as easy as possible to understand, both for its creators and for the people who maintain it. Achieving both of these goals isn’t easy. Approaches that help applications scale tend to break them apart, dividing their logic into separate chunks that can be hard to understand. Achieving this is a primary goal of Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). WF was first released with the .NET Framework 3.0 in 2006, then updated in the .NET Framework 3.5. Like any technology, applying WF requires understanding what it is, why it’s useful, and when it makes sense to use it.

The Challenge: Writing Unified, Scalable Application Logic Maintain state, which here is represented by a simple string variable. BP spreads blame over oil spill. 8 September 2010Last updated at 23:48 Eleven people were killed and 17 people were injured in the explosion A "sequence of failures involving a number of different parties" was to blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP says. An investigation carried out by BP said it was responsible in part for the disaster, but it also blamed two other companies working on the well. However both firms criticised the report.

BP faces billions of dollars worth of legal claims for compensation over the spill, the worst in recent US history. An estimated 4.9m barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf after the blast. The well was capped on 15 July, and an operation to permanently seal it is due to take place in the next few weeks. BP was leasing the Deepwater Horizon rig from Transocean, and its cement contractor was Halliburton. However, in a statement issued after the report, Transocean dismissed BP's criticism, calling the company's own well design "fatally flawed". 'Bad cement'