If you add the jbpm-jpdl-xxx.jar to the dependencies I think you can compile this code. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4188090#4188090 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4188090