Procedure vs. Workflow — What's the Difference?

An established or official way of doing something

A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. It can be depicted as a sequence of operations, the work of a person or group, the work of an organization of staff, or one or more simple or complex mechanisms.

A manner of proceeding; a way of performing or effecting something

The flow or progress of work done by a company, industry, department, or person.

A series of steps taken to accomplish an end

The rate at which such flow or progress takes place.

(Computers) A set of instructions that performs a specific task; a subroutine or function.

The rate at which a flow of work takes place

A set of established forms or methods for conducting the affairs of an organized body such as a business, club, or government.

(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.

(Law) The set of rules under which litigation is conducted, especially in contrast to the set of substantive legal principles that determine the merits of legal controversies and disputes.

Progress (or rate of progress) in work being done

A particular method for performing a task.

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

(obsolete) That which results; issue; product.

(computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.

(medicine) A surgical operation.

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

That which results; issue; product.

A particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;

A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings