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Status Submitted
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 29, 2026

Workflow Solutions Catalogue: Approved Once, Deployed Anywhere

Government Agencies frequently need to implement case workflow solutions to address specific business problems, but each new solution requires significant time and effort to design, build, and approve from scratch. This idea proposes a Workflow Solutions Catalogue — a curated library of pre-built, approved case workflow templates that can be offered as a service to other business areas or agencies.

An authorised user selects a solution from the catalogue as a base template. The platform then automatically provisions a new, fully isolated solution instance for the requesting agency — with its own dedicated data store, independent audit trail, and agency-scoped access controls — without requiring a full implementation cycle.

This is especially valuable for multi-agency government entities, where each agency must operate with data sovereignty and independent auditability. The pattern-based approach ensures governance and compliance are built in by default, while dramatically reducing time-to-delivery for new solutions.

Who benefits: Central platform teams, individual agency business owners, solution architects, and compliance/audit functions across government.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Oct 29, 2026

    Yeah, so the customer can identify one of their existing workflow solutions and add it to the catalog.  Great idea!