What is a Workflow?

A workflow is a sequence of connected steps, usually shown as a diagram.

It is particularly useful in describing a business process where different actors play pre-defined actions in order to achieve the process's outcome. This is why it's oftentimes chosen both by business analysts and business engineers to describe the core processes of a company.

Each step represents a single action within the workflow process. It shows its intended actors, input, and one or several possible outcomes. In this workflow diagram each action is represented by a box. Each step has an intended goal and can be achieved automatically or with human intervention.

A workflow engine is the software which runs our processes in the application. edorasbpm comes with Activiti workflow engine bundled, but also supports other BPMN-2 compliant workflow engines.