Alfresco includes two types of workflows out-of-the-box. One is the Simple Workflow, which is content-oriented, and the other one is the Advanced Workflow, which is task-oriented.

The Simple Workflow feature of Alfresco enables you to define a simple approve or reject workflow for your document. The email templates and notification business rules are helpful for notifying all of the people involved in the workflow process. You can also implement complex workflows by chaining the spaces with multiple approve and reject steps.

Complex task-oriented workflow can be implemented by using the Advanced Workflow features. You can create a task, attach multiple documents, and send it to multiple people for review. Using the dashboard views, you can view all of the tasks assigned to you, and all of the tasks assigned to others by you. You can track the tasks to closure by using the Alfresco Explorer user interface.