this line ProcessDefinition pd = ProcessDefinition.createNewProcessDefinition(); saved my life. Please JBPM Team put in the documentation or in the javadoc, that if the user works programmatically must use ProcessDefinition pd = ProcessDefinition.createNewProcessDefinition(); instead of new ProcessDefinition. Else, Everything works like shit!!! (sorry but the word), but I've been a week trying to find out what I was doing bad View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4201754#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...