Use this: | jbpmContext.getTaskMgmtSession().taskMgmtSession.findTaskInstances("ernie"); | Let me know if this works. swimlane.getTasks should be used to find tasks defined for the swimlane in the process definition. It will not give the pending tasks in various process instances..which is what we are trying to find here. Sorry for the confusion. cheers! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3971008#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...