Where are you running this code? if you are doing this in a JUnit test, you must ensure that jbpm.cfg.xml is in your classpath, so you can do the following: | JbpmConfiguration conf= JbpmConfiguration.getInstance(); | JbpmContext context=conf.createJbpmContext(); | Then you should check that your context is not null. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4192490#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...