It seems the documents I was using was not compatible with 3.3.0GA and unfortunately my lack of knowledge didn't allow me to address the issue on my own. I was able to find the correct configuration in http://salaboy.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/jugando-con-jbpm-9-cambiando-de-d... It's basically the same was in the official document and not applying the JbpmService related change. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4198030#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...