workflow management
Task sequence coordination
Workflow management is the coordination of tasks, people, and resources to complete a process efficiently.
It involves designing sequences of steps, assigning responsibilities, tracking progress, and identifying bottlenecks.
The term appears most often in business and software contexts: The new workflow management system reduced project delays by half.
Good workflow management ensures work moves smoothly from start to finish without tasks falling through cracks.
- value stream mappingVisual tool for analyzing workflows
- sortMethod of ordering
- automationSelf-operating system design
- capacity planningEstimating future resource requirements
- schedulingAssigning times to events
resource allocation · delegation · audit trails · compliance checks · continuous improvement · risk assessment · feedback loops · file · Gantt charts · to-do list · work in progress · daily standup · flowcharting · moving parts · Six Sigma · queue · sprint · status
- distributed computingnodes, node, parallel processing, cluster, load balancing
- managementmanagers, executives, boss, supervisors, directors
- Planning Skillsforesight, preparation, organization, strategy, anticipation
- digitizationdigitization, scanning, OCR, scanners, document imaging
- Bioinformaticssequence alignment, DNA sequencing, homology, gene expression, gap
- catalogingcard catalog, catalogers, catalog card, cataloging, card catalogue
workflow managementchaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disorganization · disorder · firefighting · winging it · improvisation