I must confess I am totally confused by workflow. I'm still working in D5 (waiting for modules to be upgrade to D6 so I can upgrade), and would like to set some simple workflows in place. Two examples:
1) A service contract between two projects. This has to be created by the "contracting owner" (Maîtrise d'ouvrage) of Project A (this is in effect the project management in charge of the functional specifications) and then validated by the "contracting owner" of Project B. Once Project B has validated it, it should get sent on to the IT Project Manager of Project A for validation, then to the IT Project Manager of Project B. Once all four parties have validated it, then it is considered a valid contract.
2) A document is posted on the front page ("promoted"). After a time determined by the author, the document is "unpromoted".
I have looked at the Lullabot video (out of date, it's for 4.7), and installed the various modules (Workflow, Workflow-NG, Actions, Token - I am aware the Workflow-NG and Actions are incompatible so I don't have them both switched on at the same time). However I remain completely bemused - I can't even work out where I should start, I can't find any reasonably straightforward documentation, it is a complete mystery to me how the different elements of a workflow all hang together...
So a few questions...
a) Does Workflow-NG stand by itself or does it require Workflow to do anything?
b) In light of eventually moving towards D6, should I be using Workflow+Actions or Workflow+Workflow-NG?
c) Is there any documentation anywhere, preferably with one or two rudimentary case studies?
Any help, or even hints, would be appreciated