Summary
Alfresco includes two types of workflows out of the box. One is the simple workflow that is content-oriented, and the other one is the advanced workflow that is task-oriented.
The simple workflow feature of Alfresco enables you to define a simple approve-reject workflow for your documents. The e-mail templates and notification business rules are helpful to notify all the concerned people involved in the workflow process. You can also implement complex workflows by chaining the spaces with multiple approve and reject steps.
The complex task-oriented workflow requirements can be handled by Advanced Workflow features. Alfresco provides two workflow engines: Activiti and jBPM. You can create your own Activiti custom workflow using Activiti BPMN 2.0 Process Designer; dynamically deploy it using the Activiti Console. You can create a task, attach documents, and send it to multiple people for review. In the next chapter, we will talk about Alfresco integration with external applications.
