Lotus Workflow

Perform business processes more quickly and accurately

• Specify and deploy steps that automate business processes to improve employee response times and reduce errors.
• Use routing rules, role assignment, deadline handling and other task automation to manage complex processes efficiently.
• Design structured procedures with multiple levels of approvals and automatic manager notifications for important checkpoints.
• Perform manual processes more consistently, using predefined and documented procedures that can be quickly updated to meet changing business needs.
• Access workflow applications through the Internet, intranet or extranet using the security-rich IBM Domino environment.

Track work as it moves through your organization

• See work assignments in a flow diagram that shows the status and context of a current job.
• Manage documents electronically to eliminate manual paper processes that are often slow or error prone.
• Plan, schedule, track, monitor and archive your document-based work and projects using consistent procedures.
• Sort your work by priority or due date to do the most important or time-sensitive tasks first.

Use simple, flexible development tools

• Create applications using graphical design tools, reusable object libraries, built-in workflow logic, directory tools and web-enhanced application programming interface toolkits.
• Deploy workflow applications throughout the enterprise and quickly modify complex processes as they evolve.
• Share discussion threads, email messages and IBM Notes® databases through integration with IBM Notes environments.
• Get instant messaging capabilities through integration with IBM Sametime®.
• Support and maintain mission-critical workflow applications with speed and security.