1.
operating system The
scheduling of independent jobs on
a computer.
2. job The set of relationships between all the activities
in a project, from start to finish. Activities are related by
different types of trigger relation. Activities may be
triggered by external events or by other activities.
3. The movement of documents around an organisation for
purposes including sign-off, evaluation, performing activities
in a process and co-writing.
[Stef Joosten et.al. "An empirical study about the practice of
workflow management",
WA-12 report, 1994].
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