workflow

English

Etymology

From work +‎ flow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːkfləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝkfloʊ/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

workflow (plural workflows)

1. The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place.

   streamline the workflow

   optimize the workflow

   workflow management

   The team redesigned their workflow to improve efficiency.

   This software automates several steps in the workflow.

2. (especially business) A process or procedure by which tasks are completed. It may be defined by a flowchart with actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.

   Coordinate term: workstream

Derived terms

• tapeless workflow

Translations

The rate at which a flow of work takes place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作流 (zh) (gōngzuòliú)

• French: workflow (fr) m
• German: Arbeitsablauf (de) m
• Indonesian: alur kerja (id) (literally “work plot”)
• Japanese: ワークフロー (wākufurō)
• Korean: 워크플로 (wokeupeullo)
• Macedonian: работен тек m (raboten tek)
• Russian: пото́к рабо́т m (potók rabót), воркфлоу m (vorkflou)
• Serbo-Croatian: radni tok (радни ток)

A process or procedure by which tasks are completed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作流程 (zh) (gōngzuò liúchéng)

• Finnish: työnkulku
• French: flux de travaux (fr) m, workflow (fr) m, flux de travail m
• German: Arbeitsablauf (de) m
• Hindi: कार्यप्रणाली f (kāryapraṇālī), कार्यपद्धति (hi) f (kāryapaddhati), कार्यविधि f (kāryavidhi)
• Indonesian: alir kerja (id), tata cara (id)
• Italian: flusso di lavoro, procedura (it) f
• Japanese: ワークフロー (wākufurō)
• Macedonian: работен тек m (raboten tek)
• Persian: گردش کار (gardeš-e kâr)
• Russian: технологи́ческий проце́сс m (texnologíčeskij procéss), рабо́чий проце́сс m (rabóčij procéss)
• Serbo-Croatian: проток рада m (prótok ráda), tehnološki proces m (технолошки процес)
• Turkish: iş akışı

References

• workflow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia