jBpm is a flexible, extensible workflow management system. Business processes , expressed in a simple and powerfull language and packaged in process archives, serve as input for the jBpm runtime server. jBpm bridges the gap between managers and developers by giving them a common language : the jBpm Process definition language (jPdl).

This gives software project managers much more control on their software development efforts. After loading the process archive, users or systems perform single steps of the process. jBpm maintains the state, logs and performs all automated actions. jBpm combines easy development of workflow-applications with excellent enterprise application integration (EAI) capabilities.

jBpm includes a web-application and a scheduler. jBpm is a clusterable J2EE application. For easy of evaluation, the binary download contains a preconfigured JBoss application server.