Workflow
noun
A system or process that's followed to achieve a task, especially in business or computing.
You need to understand the workflow of our department to perform your job effectively.
Often appears as...
- manage the workflow
- workflow process
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Technical
noun
The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.
The factory's workflow is designed to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
Often appears as...
- optimize the workflow
- workflow sequence
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Technical
noun
In software design, it's the defined series of tasks that are processed to deliver a final outcome.
The workflow in our app is highly efficient for users.
Often appears as...
- software workflow
- workflow design
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Technical
noun
A system or process that's followed to achieve a task, especially in business or computing.
You need to understand the workflow of our department to perform your job effectively.
Often appears as...
- manage the workflow
- workflow process
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.
The factory's workflow is designed to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
Often appears as...
- optimize the workflow
- workflow sequence
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In software design, it's the defined series of tasks that are processed to deliver a final outcome.
The workflow in our app is highly efficient for users.
Often appears as...
- software workflow
- workflow design
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Business Processes
Workflow in a business setting involves planning to achieve efficiency.
Our team analyzed the workflow to cut down on redundant steps.
Pro Tip 2/3Computing Systems
In computing, workflow refers to automating processes or tasks.
Automating the data entry workflow saved us hours of manual work.
Pro Tip 3/3Workflow Management
Managing workflow involves overseeing task sequence to optimize performance.
She was hired to manage the workflow and improve team productivity.
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Jacek Utko: Can design...
instead of just showing them pages? But soon they realized that this is the new role of to be in this process from the very beginning to the very end. So what is the lesson behind it? The first lesson is about that design can change not just your product. It can change your workflow -- actually, it can change everything in your company; it can turn your company upside down.
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The pharmacy of the...
And I can start to understand my pharmacogenomics -- how my genes impact whether I need high dose, low dose, or maybe a different medication altogether. Let's imagine if your physician or your pharmacist had this information integrated into their workflow, augmented with artificial intelligence, AI, or as I like to refer to it, IA --
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Anders Ynnerman:...
that has been undergoing virtual autopsies in the past four years. So this will be the typical workflow situation. The police will decide -- in the evening, when there's a case coming in -- they will decide, okay, is this a case where we need to do an autopsy? So in the morning, in between six and seven in the morning,
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Visualizing the medical...
far just in the part of Sweden that I come from that has been undergoing virtual autopsies in the past four years so this will be the typical workflow situation that police would decide in the evening when there's a case coming in they would decide okay this is the case where we need to do an autopsy so
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Clay Shirky: How the...
has access to all of the source code all of the time. And when people draw diagrams of Git workflow, they use drawings that look like this. And you don't have to understand what the circles and boxes and arrows mean to see that this is a far more complicated way of working than is supported
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How to build synthetic...
It made therapeutic drugs and vaccines. And laboratory workflows that once took weeks or months could now be carried out in just one to two days. And that's all without any human intervention and simply activated by the receipt of an email which could be sent from anywhere in the world.
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Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
and this is when we were doing testing, in order to confirm and certify whether we could continue processing patient samples. So what regulators will do is they'll give you a sample, and they'll say, "Run this sample, just like the quality control, through your normal workflow,
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The promise of quantum...
It'll take time to make the necessary workflow integrations. It'll take time to onboard the right talent. Most importantly, it'll take time, not to mention vision and imagination, to identify and scope high-value problems for quantum computers to tackle for your business.
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How work kept me going...
And make sure that you don't eat any of your favorite food, either before or after chemo, because you're going to be throwing that up and you won't ever want to look at it again. I learned that one the hard way. And then there were the tricks for managing my workflow.
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The thrilling potential...
So I now have a print-out of that thing. So the workflow is more intuitive, the way we used to do it maybe 20 years back, rather than now switching between these two worlds. So, as a last thought,
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Jacek Utko: Can design...
instead of just showing them pages? But soon they realized that this is the new role of to be in this process from the very beginning to the very end. So what is the lesson behind it? The first lesson is about that design can change not just your product. It can change your workflow -- actually, it can change everything in your company; it can turn your company upside down.
Video examples
The pharmacy of the...
And I can start to understand my pharmacogenomics -- how my genes impact whether I need high dose, low dose, or maybe a different medication altogether. Let's imagine if your physician or your pharmacist had this information integrated into their workflow, augmented with artificial intelligence, AI, or as I like to refer to it, IA --
Video examples
Anders Ynnerman:...
that has been undergoing virtual autopsies in the past four years. So this will be the typical workflow situation. The police will decide -- in the evening, when there's a case coming in -- they will decide, okay, is this a case where we need to do an autopsy? So in the morning, in between six and seven in the morning,
Video examples
Visualizing the medical...
far just in the part of Sweden that I come from that has been undergoing virtual autopsies in the past four years so this will be the typical workflow situation that police would decide in the evening when there's a case coming in they would decide okay this is the case where we need to do an autopsy so
Video examples
Clay Shirky: How the...
has access to all of the source code all of the time. And when people draw diagrams of Git workflow, they use drawings that look like this. And you don't have to understand what the circles and boxes and arrows mean to see that this is a far more complicated way of working than is supported
Video examples
How to build synthetic...
It made therapeutic drugs and vaccines. And laboratory workflows that once took weeks or months could now be carried out in just one to two days. And that's all without any human intervention and simply activated by the receipt of an email which could be sent from anywhere in the world.
Video examples
Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
and this is when we were doing testing, in order to confirm and certify whether we could continue processing patient samples. So what regulators will do is they'll give you a sample, and they'll say, "Run this sample, just like the quality control, through your normal workflow,
Video examples
The promise of quantum...
It'll take time to make the necessary workflow integrations. It'll take time to onboard the right talent. Most importantly, it'll take time, not to mention vision and imagination, to identify and scope high-value problems for quantum computers to tackle for your business.
Video examples
How work kept me going...
And make sure that you don't eat any of your favorite food, either before or after chemo, because you're going to be throwing that up and you won't ever want to look at it again. I learned that one the hard way. And then there were the tricks for managing my workflow.
Video examples
The thrilling potential...
So I now have a print-out of that thing. So the workflow is more intuitive, the way we used to do it maybe 20 years back, rather than now switching between these two worlds. So, as a last thought,
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Jack Dangermond
American Businessman
There is the GIS world that is largely managing authoritative data sources, supporting geocentric workflows like fixing roads, making cities more livable through better planning, environmental management, forest management, drilling in the right location for oil, managing assets and utilities.
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Michael Pitt
American Actor
I think people can just make things now. It's kind of what happened with the music industry. Before, a band couldn't afford to go into a nice studio, or if they were going to go into a nice studio, they had to record twenty-five songs in two days. That's not a healthy workflow for anyone.
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Joe Lonsdale
American Businessman
Addepar not only helps improve private wealth management workflows so that advisors can do a better job at what they currently do, but it also helps build a data-driven and integrated view on top of the many important financial decisions within a client portfolio.
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MO
American Musician
What I love about working with Diplo is that it feels very free and fluid - we can work on a song apart from each other or in the studio, and it's always, 'Let's brainstorm, here are new ideas.' I like that kind of workflow, where it's constantly moving.
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Greg Lynn
American Architect
By supporting all the links in the building chain and giving them an easy, intuitive tool for sharing model-based project information, GTeam enhances workflows and improves communication from design through to fabrication and assembly.
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Frans van Houten
Dutch Businessman
First and foremost, we must take a more holistic view of patient care journeys and then better integrate workflows and technology so that the care experience is seamless and provided at the location where it makes most sense.
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Reid Hoffman
American Businessman
I usually allocate time each week to work on topics outside of the normal workflow. These topics can be multi-year strategies for work, theories of how the world is changing, or just something refreshingly different or new.
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Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.
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Anne M. Mulcahy
American Businesswoman
Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.
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Eric Yuan
American Businessman
We want to embed Zoom into all workflow applications. That's our direction.
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Jack Dangermond
American Businessman
There is the GIS world that is largely managing authoritative data sources, supporting geocentric workflows like fixing roads, making cities more livable through better planning, environmental management, forest management, drilling in the right location for oil, managing assets and utilities.
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Michael Pitt
American Actor
I think people can just make things now. It's kind of what happened with the music industry. Before, a band couldn't afford to go into a nice studio, or if they were going to go into a nice studio, they had to record twenty-five songs in two days. That's not a healthy workflow for anyone.
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Joe Lonsdale
American Businessman
Addepar not only helps improve private wealth management workflows so that advisors can do a better job at what they currently do, but it also helps build a data-driven and integrated view on top of the many important financial decisions within a client portfolio.
Quote examples
MO
American Musician
What I love about working with Diplo is that it feels very free and fluid - we can work on a song apart from each other or in the studio, and it's always, 'Let's brainstorm, here are new ideas.' I like that kind of workflow, where it's constantly moving.
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Greg Lynn
American Architect
By supporting all the links in the building chain and giving them an easy, intuitive tool for sharing model-based project information, GTeam enhances workflows and improves communication from design through to fabrication and assembly.
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Frans van Houten
Dutch Businessman
First and foremost, we must take a more holistic view of patient care journeys and then better integrate workflows and technology so that the care experience is seamless and provided at the location where it makes most sense.
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Reid Hoffman
American Businessman
I usually allocate time each week to work on topics outside of the normal workflow. These topics can be multi-year strategies for work, theories of how the world is changing, or just something refreshingly different or new.
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Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.
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Anne M. Mulcahy
American Businesswoman
Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.
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Eric Yuan
American Businessman
We want to embed Zoom into all workflow applications. That's our direction.
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