Workflows are Case-based: the Airline Example
Channel: YAWL User Group
Date: 2023-10-04

What is a case in a workflow? Workflows are case-based. In this video for beginners, we explain what this means using our airline example workflow. We also explain the differences between the terms task, work item, and activity.

This is Video Number 46 in the series on Business Process Automation. You can find supplementary material on github:
https://github.com/ahense/bpa
Click on "Code"/Download zip to get the whole package. 

Link to video with airline example:
https://youtu.be/U77SPPdfAos

00:00 Introduction
00:21 Airline booking example workflow
00:47 Starting of a case
01:31 Activity
02:39 Petri nets for workflow states
03:27 Three workflow cases
04:12 Conclusion

Thumbnail photo by Ketut Subiyanto
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