Difference between BPM and workflow

Item	Workflow	BPM
Process Management Cycle	Design and Execution	Full process, including sorting, monitoring, and analysis
Target User Group	Programmers	Business and IT personnel
Platform-based facilities	Process Engine Kernel	Integrated Platform facilities such as processes, organizations, permissions, forms, rules, portals, monitoring, and analysis
Application Scope	Department-level, more than 10 branches	Enterprise-level multi-level process layers, supporting hundreds
Integration Capability	EAI or integrated tools	Extensive integration facility support
Application features	Single applicationProgram	Enterprise process-based architecture
Solution Structure	Embedded in specific applications to meet specific business needs	Complete solutions and templates for enterprise process cycle management

Figure 1: workflow structure (WfMC point of view)

Figure 2: BPM structure (BPT view)

Who can translate the conclusion of a tongue twister? Workflow focuses on programmers, supplemented by design; BPM systems focus on business personnel, supplemented by programming. Workflows must be the core technology of BPM systems; workflows may not be BPM systems.