topic Can Activiti help with my simple business problem? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-activiti-help-with-my-simple-business-problem/m-p/111150#M78139 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,&nbsp; Although I'm a developer, I'm finding it quite hard to work out whether Activiti can help with my client's business problem by reading the documentation.&nbsp; I'd be grateful if someone could advise me.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My client needs to fill in lots of forms (digitally).&nbsp; Each form may need to be passed from person to person.&nbsp; When one person finishes their part, the next person in the chain need to get informed and must receive the form ready for them to do their part.&nbsp; When they have finished they need to submit to the next person in the chain etc.&nbsp; The final step is often an approval (perhaps with a digital signature).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Sometimes, an initialising activity (again accompanied by a form) may spawn off severel parallel business threads each of which would be as described above and each of which needs to complete in order that the aforementioned initialising activity is completed.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My client sometimes wants to prescribe these workflows (e.g. stating the specific people in the steps).&nbsp; Sometimes, my client wishes to let workflows 'evolve' by allowing, for example, individuals to send a form to anyone they wish.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can Activiti help with the above?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Rob</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:11:10 GMT robpod 2012-09-10T08:11:10Z Can Activiti help with my simple business problem? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-activiti-help-with-my-simple-business-problem/m-p/111150#M78139 Hi,&nbsp; Although I'm a developer, I'm finding it quite hard to work out whether Activiti can help with my client's business problem by reading the documentation.&nbsp; I'd be grateful if someone could advise me.My client needs to fill in lots of forms (digitally).&nbsp; Each form may need to be passed from perso Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:11:10 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-activiti-help-with-my-simple-business-problem/m-p/111150#M78139 robpod 2012-09-10T08:11:10Z Re: Can Activiti help with my simple business problem? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-activiti-help-with-my-simple-business-problem/m-p/111151#M78140 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You asks about 3 things: BPMN2 capacity, forms features and digital signatures features. The short answer is - no - because there is no digital signature directly in Activiti Explorer. But if you design the forms and develop the fill in ( digital ? ) GUI including the digital signatures with i.e. attachments ( Activiti's internal or some external ) or process variables - you can embbed Activiti Engine in you project and develop a solution yourselve. Then - yes! BPMN2 is simple but powerfull.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:36:20 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-activiti-help-with-my-simple-business-problem/m-p/111151#M78140 p4w3l 2012-09-11T15:36:20Z