Application independant workflow ?

[Philip Kisloff]

Hi all,

Has anyone had any experience, ideas or knowledge of SAP Business 
Workflow being used for generic workflow tasks that are not specific to 
a data object in SAP?

I'm asking because I'm evaluating a successor to Domino, which serves as 
the company standard workflow engine. In the frame is Microsoft Office 
2007, which will have in the next year or so a reasonable workflow 
engine, or so I'm told.

Personally, I'm very comfortable with the SAP workflow engine and 
development environment, but in our company there are many business 
functions that don't reside in SAP (the majority, in fact).  Can SAP's 
workflow compete in this area? Obviously, we will install a fresh 
installation of NetWeaver 04, but not configure any of the applications.

Any thoughts, pros and cons would be welcome.

Many thanks

Phil