I think I worked with one of those, the pre-C# version of Metastorm BPM (business process management). It was like JIRAs workflow feature with more flexibility

I think I worked with one of those, the pre-C# version of Metastorm BPM (business process management). It was like JIRAs workflow feature with more flexibility - permissions on who edits which fields when, and transitions could be triggered by a button or external event. It modelled a lot of business processes well and let you pre define searches and views for specific job roles. You laid out forms with WYSIWYG. The main downside was the programming language - for an if/else statement, condition and both blocks all had to be on a single line. Variables and functions could be referenced in double-quoted strings meaning the syntax highlighting was always wrong. And there was no chance of loops or user defined functions. This meant code editing was done with repetitive clicking in the IDE. The other downside was inability to diff or branch. It kept a history of deployed versions and that was it.