Chapter 12. Dynamic Update of Workflow
IN THIS CHAPTER
As incredibly useful as workflows are in helping to manage business processes, historically workflow technologies have suffered because of their static nature. After a workflow has been created, to change the workflow to reflect a new business rule, the workflow would need to be rebuilt (resaved or recompiled depending on the workflow technology used). The inability of a workflow to be fluid over time (as the business it helps to run often is) was a severe limitation of many workflow implementations. A workflow that can be modified during execution is known as an adaptive workflow. It can adapt over time because ...
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