Out-of-Scope (Workflow)

Workflow will not need to provide RPA (Robotic Process Automation) capabilities. This means automated control of graphical user interfaces (UI), if required within a Building Block, will be handled by a third-party RPA tool which can be integrated into the Workflow Building Block for orchestration.

Workflow is not always responsible for data flow or information mediation. It only performs limited data management within the context of a parent-predefined workflow process. There are many cases where a building block application will make a request to another GovStack service (via the information mediator) or to an external service (via an API gateway, for example) which does not involve workflow at all.

While the Workflow Building Block does provide process scheduling capabilities, it is not always responsible for scheduling the execution of processes. For example, a process may be instantiated at a particular time by another application independently determining when to send that “start process” API call to the Workflow engine. In this case, Workflow is not responsible for scheduling but merely executes the process when told to by another application.