Management and sharing of segments from workflows and business processes

A method of sharing work segments among different application instances, comprising:

• incorporating at least one portion of a workflow at a first application instance associated with a first entity originating transactions into a workflow of a second application instance servicing the transactions;
• receiving, at the second application instance, a notification of a change in the portion of the workflow at the first application instance;
• adjusting the workflow at the second application instance based on the change;
• after the adjusting, synchronizing the workflow at the second application instance with the workflow at the first application instance.

A system comprising:

• a first computing device comprising a first application instance associated with a first entity originating transactions;
• a second computing device comprising a second application instance associated with at least one second entity servicing the transactions;
• wherein the first application instance is configured for sharing at least one portion of a workflow at the first application instance with the second application instance, detecting a change in the portion of the workflow at the first application instance, and based on one or more criteria, selectively propagating at least a portion of the change to the at least one second application instance;
• wherein the second application instance is configured for incorporating the at least one portion of the workflow at a first application instance into a workflow of the second application instance, receiving a notification of the change at the first application instance, adjusting the workflow at the second application instance based on the change, and synchronizing the workflow at the second application instance with the workflow at the first application instance after the adjusting.