Authorisation Workflow Pattern in YAWL BPMS
Channel: YAWL User Group
Date: 2024-03-01

Who needs authorisation? The video explains authorization in YAWL, focusing on the privileges that resources have when executing tasks within a process. It demonstrates how managers with no current executing work items can approve promotion requests, showcasing the allocation strategy called Shortest Queue. The presenter discusses potential enhancements to YAWL's allocation strategies, highlighting the flexibility for developers to plug in new allocators.

Link to the basic YAWL Tutorials where you learn how to install and use the Workflow Management System:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4BZgFsmRzfSEP_8nCqHt3N2X_XzRNen2

This is Tutorial Number 54. You can find supplementary material on github:
https://github.com/ahense/YAWL
Click on "Code"/Download zip to get the whole package. The material for this tutorial is in the folder that corresponds to the tutorial number.

Link to the Resource Patterns on the Workflow Patterns Home Page:
http://www.workflowpatterns.com/patterns/resource

Link to the Workflow Patterns book:
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029827/workflow-patterns

00:00 Introduction
00:15 Authorisation Pattern
01:22 Authorisation in YAWL
03:39 Conclusion