Editing Workflow (section)

{{Short description|Pattern of activity often with a result}}
[[File:Cryogenic electron microscopy workflow.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Cryogenic electron microscopy]] workflow]]
[[File:Wineglass model for IMRaD structure..png|thumb|An [[IMRAD]] model for developing research articles]]
'''Workflow''' is a generic term for orchestrated and repeatable [[pattern]]s of activity, enabled by the [[system]]atic organization of [[resource]]s into [[process]]es that transform materials, provide services, or process information.<ref name="ca">{{cite web|url=https://www.ftb.ca.gov/aboutFTB/Projects/ITSP/BPM_Glossary.pdf|date=27 October 2009|title=Business Process Management Center of Excellence Glossary|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131011831/https://www.ftb.ca.gov/aboutFTB/Projects/ITSP/BPM_Glossary.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It can be depicted as a sequence of operations, the work of a person or group,<ref>See e.g., ISO 12052:2006, [http://www.iso.org ISO.org]</ref> the work of an organization of staff, or one or more simple or complex mechanisms.

From a more abstract or higher-level perspective, workflow may be considered a view or representation of real work.<ref>See e.g., ISO/TR 16044:2004, [http://www.iso.org ISO.org]</ref> The flow being described may refer to a [[document]], service, or [[product (business)|product]] that is being transferred from one step to another.

Workflows may be viewed as one fundamental building block to be combined with other parts of an organization's structure such as information technology, [[team]]s, [[project]]s and [[Hierarchical organization|hierarchies]].<ref name="nocsmart">{{cite web |url=http://www.nocsmart.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=135 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907014418/http://nocsmart.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=135 |archive-date=2013-09-07 |url-status=dead |title=Work Flow Automation |access-date=31 March 2015 }}</ref>