Modern Workflow-Concept
Increased Flexibility. More Production Security.
Task-based workflow: know what to do
vjoon K4 version 6 replaces the old-fashioned and inflexible status-based workflow model with a modern and flexible taskbased model, in which the system tells users what to do instead of merely having them check objects in and out and set their statuses. In version 6, a user simply accepts a task assigned to him, handles the job and lets vjoon K4 know when it has been completed. From that point onwards, the system creates or presents the other tasks needed to move the object through the workflow until the desired result is achieved. If the task requires the user to work on an object, such as an InCopy file or a photo, that object is copied to the user's workstation and opened in the appropriate application. If the task requires meta data input, a panel with the required field(s) is presented for data entry.
Unlimited number of workflows, object types and parallel tasks
Numerous tasks can be completed in parallel: Multiple users can edit text objects in the same K4 article while other users edit the file's meta data, for example. When a user is finished, he merely has to tell the system whether or not he handled the task successfully. Once all tasks associated with a given workflow stage have been completed, the status of the object is automatically advanced as defined in the workflow. vjoon K4 can support an unlimited number of object types and task workflows. For example, an InCopy file for a news item can have a separate workflow from an InCopy file for a feature article.
More production security: rewinds and emergency assignments
The vjoon K4 task-based workflow model allows rewinds and emergency assignments to ensure that objects can be reverted to a previous stage or routed to a user who can resolve a problem, if one should occur. The new model also supports dependencies between workflows for different types of objects that may influence each other. For example, a layout can only reach its final status for print approval if all the content files placed in the layout also have reached their final status.
