Cheers for your help guys, sorry for my newbieness, I think I am beginning to see the picture... if I create a custom AssignmentHandler, I can attach this in the eclipse designer to the transition element where I want the process to be assigned according the variable I set earlier...? I found an example of a custom handler at org.jbpm.tutorial.taskmgmt, 'the nappy concept' being appropriate here, and my particular task where I need dynamic assignment should look something like.. | <task-node name='test task node'> | <task name='test task'> | <assignment class='org.some.project.assignmenthandlers.TestAssignmentHandler' /> | </task> | <transition to='end' /> | </task-node> | thanks for your help and patience, regards, Ross View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4074410#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...