CRM 2011 workflow size limitations

Question

Are there any limitations on how "big" a CRM workflow can be? I have a workflow which has about 30 steps and it brings the worflow designer to crawl. It takes 2+ minutes to load the designer web page and performing any design activities such as adding a new step and selecting a new entity for a create/update operation and selecting "Set properties" and saving takes approx 2+ minutes each. Activating/Deactivating the workflow takes a long time as well. Any guidance would be appreciated

Answer 1

You can use child workflows ( Start child workflow step) and call them in one parent workflow.

It would be more easy (and maintainable) to change the workflow definition. When you publish the workflow, he gets compiled and this is the reason it takes so much.

From a performance point a view i think that the long workflow performs better. I don't know your specific constraints but this could be an approach to make the changes on your workflow easier.