PROFESSIONAL WORKFLOW IN SHAREPOINT 2010

SharePoint MVPs offer practical WF4 guidance for SharePoint 2010 developers With the new Workflow Foundation 4 (WF4) toolkit in SharePoint 2010, companies have new ways to build custom solutions for common or frequent business processes. This unique book is packed with instructions and tips that show you how. You'll use WF4 to create and implement office-practical apps such as expense report approvals, RFPs, sale pipeline management, and more. The book also covers how to design custom activities with SharePoint Designer 2010. Explains how to build business solutions using the Workflow Foundation 4 toolkit in SharePoint 2010 Shows even non-IT readers how to create and implement processes such as sales pipeline management, creating and managing RFPs, setting up a conference room scheduling solution across a multi-national company, and more Explores the basics vital to all process design: system analysis, researching requirements, and basic design considerations Includes a SharePoint 2007 template for Training and Scheduling; the book walks you through how to upgrade that to 2010 and extend it with new features Create the processes your business needs with SharePoint 2010's new Workflow 4 and this practical guide.

This topic is a core need for the SharePoint community because the community is lacking guidance on how to build business solutions using the platform and this will only become more difficult with SharePoint 2010.  Today, organizations have a fairly solid understanding of SharePoint document management features, or search or metadata management and other core platform features generally in isolation of each other.  However, organizations struggle to provide real and cohesive business solutions using the platform even though all the components are there to do it.  The introduction of yet more and expanded functionality within the SharePoint 2010 platform will only add complexity to this problem.  Abbreviated TOC: Introduction: Describes what the book is about, why the reader should buy it, what we promise to deliver to them over the course of the book. Workflow Basics: What are the new features in SharePoint 2010 vis-à-vis SharePoint workflow?  How do you create basic workflow solution in SharePoint Designer?  This chapter also recognizes that many of our readers are not classically trained IT professionals.  This chapter provides the ground work for these readers to understand the basics of proper systems analysis, requirements gathering and design, always related to SharePoint 2010. Business scenarios: HR On-boarding, IT Helpdesk Ticketing, Time Off Management, HR Interview Scheduling, Facilities Management, Permit Management, Timesheet Entry, R&D Gateway Process, Authorization for Expense, Marketing Contact Management  Technical walk-through: How to create custom SharePoint Designer activities. Business / technical scenario: Automated new Site Governance using advanced SharePoint workflow capabilities