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Perspective Workflow in Action

by Dale Yushchyshyn, CPP on February 9, 2012

Workflow scenarios for Incident Reporting SoftwareWhat can Perspective’s Workflow module be used for? That is a very common question with a potentially very complex answer. But, to keep it simple, I’m going to break my response into two areas. The first being what Workflow is used for by 90% of our clients, and the second being some of the ‘out-of-the-box’ initiatives Workflow has been set up to accomplish.

First, you need to understand what Workflow actually does. Workflow has two simple tasks to complete:

  1. Find me when data exists, or when a situation within my data exists, without having to go into Perspective and look for it myself; and
  2. When that data or situation is found, do something with it.

So, what do I mean by ‘when data exists’ or ‘when a situation within my data exists’? Let me explain. When I’m consulting with my Workflow clients, I get them to start thinking about three things they’d like to see Workflow do for them. Those three things are: 

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Phillip Banks Announced as Keynote Speaker at the 2011 Perspective Users’ Conference

by Brian McIlravey, CPP on January 21, 2011

Keynote Speaker at the 2011 Perspective Users' Conference - Phillip BanksPhill Banks of The Banks Group was recently announced as the keynote speaker for this year’s Perspective Users’ Conference.

The Banks Group is a risk and organizational resilience-based consulting company, and Phill’s security practice provides security program assessment; threat, risk and vulnerability analysis and mitigation strategies; security engineering design; and strategic security planning services throughout North America and elsewhere. 

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