Ok, one week later I found the time to work on still the same problem. So now I know, that when I set the description I can retrieve it again. But my task is to retrieve a description that is already written in the processdefinition.xml. That means I don't wanna set any description, because it is already in the xml file. Can it be, that when the file is parsed the description is not retrieved? This would mean that TaskMgmtSession doesn't help me. Is there a way to retrieve the description anyway??? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4189808#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...