Guidance for Workflow type applications

Question

Hi,

I'm looking for best practices and resources regarding design of workflow based applications. E.g.Best practice/guidance for:

• How best to represent business object 'states' (position in workflow)
• How to approach logging of transition between workflow states
• State transition rules

I'm using .NET, but am rather looking for general guidance

I'm sorry that this is a bit general, I'm just hoping some people will have some experiences to share.

Answer 1

Hi,

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but like in software design, there are design patterns specifically for workflows.

You can have a look over here: http://www.workflowpatterns.com/

Hope this helps, jan