Immediate transitions/Actions
Examples: 

  • A state transition done by a user on a single idea.
  • An idea submission
  • Editing and existing idea
  • Etc.

These transitions are processed "on the spot" and are executed fast.


Scheduled transitions/Actions
Examples:
  • Moving a single idea from state to state based on automated rule that was activated
  • Using the bulk actions to move multiple ideas
  • Assigning users to specific roles across multiple initiatives (sometimes thousands of them...) once configuration has been changed
  • Calculating AI fields on multiple ideas in the same time
  • Sending bulk emails
  • Etc. 
These actions added to a queue and processed on the background.

Meaning, if there are already pending tasks in the queue, new tasks will wait for "their turn".