# Ways to define Workflows

DevFeed: [Ways to define Workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ways-to-define-workflows-35766.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/defining-workflows>)

Author: Tihomir Surdilovic

Published: 2021-10-11T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [business-processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business-processes.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [temporal-concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-concepts.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces workflows as structured representations of business processes and explains how workflow technologies define workflows, execute them at runtime, and support integrations, testing, debugging, visibility, and observability. It compares approaches to defining workflows and explains how iterative updates can account for goals, concurrent tasks, and predictable failures.

## Source excerpt

What are workflows and what is their impact on business processes? Learn more today.