Sharepoint 2010 Workflows

1.What is a WorkFlow?

•   Workflow is a series of action that corresponds to a work process, such as creating remedy request, making purchase orders.
•   Sharepoint 2010 helps to automate these workflows , thereby increasing the productivity and efficiency of the organization.

2.What are the type of workflows that can be designed in SP 2010?

•  List workflows
•  Reusable List workflows
•  Site Workflows

3.What are Reusable List workflows and Site Workflow?

   Resuable Workflows: We can create reusable list workflow in the top-level site in  the site collection and that workflow can be made globally reusable - meaning the workflow can be associated to any list, library or content type in the site collection. We can create reusable workflow in any subsite in the site collection and this workflow will be available for reuse in that particular subsite.

Site Workflow: Site workflow is associated to a site - not to a list/library/content type

4.What is a Three State workflow:

    read : http://www.dotnetfunda.com/interview/exclusive/x1078-what-is-a-threestate-workflow-in-sharepoint-.aspx