Workflow Release 1 -- Deployment Schedule and Feature Set

Release 1 of the the Penn State Workflow System is scheduled for March 24, 2008.

This release is a significant milestone for several reasons:

  1. Workflow is the first application fully integrated with PAWS (Penn State Administrative Web Suite)
  2. Workflow utilizes WebAccess which enables users to login with their Penn State Access ID
  3. Workflow is a role-based approval system which routes processes to approval nodes and acted upon by persons who have been assigned that role
  4. Workflow is a Web-based process approval system
  5. The Undergraduate Education Travel Request is the first process to be automated and made available in the Workflow System

Release 1 will be deployed in a limited capacity, will run on the production Workflow System and will perform official, University business. Participating areas include:

  1. College of Engineering
  2. College of Arts & Architecture
  3. New Kensington Campus
Additional information about the deployment may be found in the documentation provided below.


Workflow Release 1 -- Feature Set
List of Workflow system functionality and initial form that are included in Release 1.
Download Word for Windows document [3/21/2008]