> #### 5.4.14 Define Voting Rules (for Voting Activity Node only)

> A Voting Activity uses voting rules to determine the choice (activity's outgoing arrow) that wins. In a regular activity, the first assignee that completes a Work Item (assigned activity) makes a choice, and that choice is the winning choice. Regular activities are designed so that only one assignee can make a choice on a particular Work Item.

> Voting Activities are designed so that many assignees can make their own choice on a particular Work Item. All of their choices (or votes) are polled, and a winning choice is made when any one of the voting rules, specified in the Voting Rules pane of the Voting Activity Node Properties dialog box (see Figure 26), is satisfied. Voting rules are assigned to a specific choice so that a rule applies only to that choice. The following types of rules can be assigned to Voting Activity choices:

> · Majority Rule: If this rule is assigned to a choice, a majority of votes for that choice make it the winning choice. For example, if the Majority rule were assigned to a choice called "Approved," a majority of votes for the "Approved" choice would make that the winning choice, and the activity would be completed. The process instance would proceed along the "Approved" arrow to the next activity.
> · Percentage Rule: If this rule were assigned to a choice, the specified percentage of votes for that choice would make it the winning choice. For example, if a 50% Rule was assigned to a choice called "Approved," 50% of the total number of votes for the "Approved" choice would make that the winning choice, and the activity would be completed.
> · "Number of" Rule: If this rule were assigned to a choice, the specified number of votes for that choice would make it the winning choice. For example, if a 1 "Number of" Rule was assigned to a choice called "Rejected," one vote for the "Rejected" choice would make that the winning choice, and the activity would be completed.

> Figure 42: The Voting Rules pane

> After assigning voting rules to your choices, check Evaluate voting rules on every vote if you want to complete the activity as soon as a voting rule is satisfied. To make sure that everyone gets a chance to vote, check Evaluate voting rules when all votes are cast.

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