Chapter 7. Workflows

Note

This chapter is taken from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook (Chapter 2) by Balaji Kithiganahalli.

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Creating a sequential workflow

• Creating a site workflow with initiation form

• Deploying an InfoPath form with a workflow

• Creating a task from the workflow

• Creating a custom task form

Introduction

According to Workflow Management Coalition (http://www.WFMC.org) a standards organization that solely concentrates on processes, defines a workflow as follows:

The automation of a business process, in whole or part, during which documents, information or tasks are passed from one participant to another for action, according to a set of procedural rules.

In simple terms, it means a workflow is a system that manages the execution of a business process. Organizations implement workflows for many different reasons such as:

• Auditing and tracking

• Better efficiency

• Consistency

• Better customer support

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