I agree with Andre point of view. Doing our own project here, we also realised that w/f can be separately dealt with therefore we focus on content/publishing. Sometimes you find, you really don't need a complex w/f, you just need the system says "ok to go".
Lu www.bhpbilliton.com -----Original Message----- From: Andre Milton [mailto:a@;mlore.com] Sent: Friday, 15 November 2002 4:49 AM To: David Lane Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [cms-list] workflow best practices Hi David, I agree with you David. My opinion about workflow (as I've already said many times) is that it doesn't belong in a CMS. It belongs in a task management system or whatever you'd want to call it. Truth is, the more "workflows" you have in different systems, the less they are used. A central system every employee uses to find out what they need to do across the board makes much more sense than tasks spread across different systems. And I don't mean CM tasks only. I think CMSs are trying to be more than they should. All the CMS needs to be able to do is prevent a page from being published if the task management system hasn't said "ok". The task management system however will be the one pointing to that page with different employee assigned tasks. Not to mention to as many CMSs as the company may have. Unfortunately, because workflow is the buzz word of the year for enterprise CM, I try to avoid discussing it with the client and point to alternative solutions that compliment ours. a. Andre Milton www.mlore.com -----Original Message----- Behalf Of David Lane Often a linear workflow that simply reacts to the status of a document is all a business really needs. -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma. EOM NOTICE - This message and any attached files may contain information that is confidential and/or subject of legal privilege intended only for use by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this message in error and that any dissemination, copying or use of this message or attachment is strictly forbidden, as is the disclosure of the information therein. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and delete the message. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
