Process abstraction and tracking, systems and methods

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• an abstraction layer comprised of computer-implemented instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium and configured to instruct the processor to provide an interface between one or more workflow engines and one or more business applications, the abstraction layer including scripting support that enables changing flow implementation logic and adopting dynamic business requirements in real time, the one or more workflow engines providing for automation of one or more business processes included in a workflow;
• wherein the abstraction layer includes
• a unified application program interface (“API”) through which the one or more business applications interact with the abstraction layer,
• one or more workflow engine plug-ins through which the one or more workflow engines interact with the abstraction layer, and
• a flow simulator configured to intercept a workflow task in workflow execution and generate, based on flow simulator data representing a desired workflow behavior, a simulated response to the intercepted workflow task, the intercepted workflow task being part of the one or more business processes, the one or more business processes controlling how work of a business is performed.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• interfacing, by operation of a computer and via an abstraction layer, one or more workflow engines and one or more business applications, the one or more workflow engines providing for automation of one or more business processes included in a workflow;
• intercepting, by operation of said computer and via a flow simulator within the abstraction layer, a workflow task in workflow execution associated with the workflow, the abstraction layer including scripting support that enables changing flow implementation logic and adopting dynamic business requirements in real time;
• and
• generating, by the flow simulator within the abstraction layer and based on flow simulator data representing a desired workflow behavior, a simulated response to the intercepted workflow task, the intercepted workflow task being part of the one or more business processes, the one or more business processes controlling how work of a business is performed.