starttasks cannot be assigned via a swimlane.... they are always assigned to the actor who starts the task and this actor is put in the swimlane related to the task. This is by design. If you think it should be different, look in the jira if there is already an issue for this and vote for it. If not, create one and see what the outcome will be (it can be rejected, but I hope it will not be) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4074306#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...