A workflow is a model to represent real work for further assessment, e.g., for describing a reliably repeatable sequence of operations. More abstractly, a workflow is a pattern of activity enabled by a systematic organization of resources, defined roles and mass, energy and information flows, into a work process that can be documented and learned. 

Workflows are designed to achieve processing intents of some sort, such as physical transformation, service provision, or information processing.

The key driver to gain benefit from the understanding of the workflow process in a business context is that the throughput of the workstream path is modelled in such a way as to evaluate the efficiency of the flow route through internal silos with a view to increasing discrete control of uniquely identified business attributes and rules and reducing potential low efficiency drivers.

Evaluation of resources, both physical and human is essential to evaluate hand-off points and potential to create smoother transitions between tasks. Several workflow improvement theories have been proposed and implemented in the modern workplace. These include:
 

• Six SigmaTotal Quality Management

• Business process reengineering

• Lean Systems

Kariminia re-engineered Access Control workflows that governed a Trader or a clerk access to key SOX applications, such as Trader platform, Invoice and Shipping systems.

A series of workshops with Subject Matter Experts who operated the  current processes were encouraged to re-think outside the box and re-engineer new processes to manage Access Control for BP applications.

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