[Concern-users] Evaluating con:cern

[Andy D. <an...@ma...>]

Hello,
  I'm currently in the process of evaluating workflow solutions for our 
product and have some questions about con:cern.  First, how hard do you think 
it will be for an English only reading/speaking developer to get acquainted 
with con:cern?  Second, how active is the con:cern project?  Third, how do 
you handle "compensation" in con:cern?  Some workflow engines provide the 
ability to undo actions, others provide the ability to define compensating 
branches to execute in the case of an error, etc.  Fourth, how well will 
con:cern integrate with a Swing based rich client?  In our arrangement, there 
will be a server (across the internet) that drives the workflow.  When a user 
logs in (via their Swing rich client), they will be able to pull up a task 
list containing tasks waiting for human intervention.  Of course, these tasks 
will be from workflows that are currently in progress.  Fifth, what kind of 
support does con:cern provide for assigning tasks/steps/actions/whatever to a 
particular role, group, or user?  What would be really cool is if con:cern 
even went farther than that and provided a way to query outstanding tasks by 
various criteria (role, department, etc).


Thanks,
  Andy