workflows
Organized work steps
Workflows are established sequences of steps for completing a task or process.
The term appears most often in business and software contexts, where efficiency matters: We need to streamline our workflows, The new software automates repetitive workflows.
A workflow might be formal and documented or simply the habitual way someone gets things done.
Writing executable commands
- botsAutomated software agents
- triggersCauses or activates
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
integration · APIs · pipelines · macros · webhooks · notifications · templates · chaining
Diagram showing workflow steps
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
- stepsSequential actions in process
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
mapping · diagram · blueprint · branching · milestones · checkpoints · gateways · dependencies
Ranking by importance
- deadlinesSubmission cutoff times
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- bottlenecksConstrictions that impede flow
- backlogsAccumulated unfinished tasks
queues · workload · capacity · batching · sprints · kanban · triage · turnaround
Joint effort toward shared aim
- handoffsDirect exchanges between people
- approvalsFormal consent given
- assignmentsAllocated duties or tasks
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
co-authoring · stakeholders · cross-functional · sign-off · routing · notifications · contributors · reviewers
Itemized task records
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
scripting
Writing executable commands
- botsAutomated software agents
- triggersCauses or activates
- schedulingAssigning times to events
orchestration · integration · APIs · pipelines · macros · webhooks · notifications · templates · chaining
flowchart
Diagram showing workflow steps
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
- stepsSequential actions in process
procedures · mapping · diagram · blueprint · branching · milestones · checkpoints · gateways · dependencies · inputs
prioritization
Ranking by importance
- deadlinesSubmission cutoff times
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- bottlenecksConstrictions that impede flow
backlogs · queues · workload · capacity · batching · sprints · kanban · triage · turnaround · efficiency
teamwork
Joint effort toward shared aim
- handoffsDirect exchanges between people
- approvalsFormal consent given
- assignmentsAllocated duties or tasks
delegation · co-authoring · stakeholders · cross-functional · sign-off · routing · notifications · contributors · reviewers · escalation
checklists
Itemized task records
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- data warehousingdata warehouse, star schema, ETL, extract, transform
- helpdeskticket, helpdesk, ticketing system, open ticket, ticket queue
- no-code toolsdrag-and-drop, visual editor, web builder, site builder, WYSIWYG
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, business operation
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
- automationautomation, macros, macro, automate, hotkeys
workflowschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
improvisation · disorganization · winging it · disorder · randomness
workflowsstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
inaction · standstill · paralysis · gridlock · bottlenecks