In this section, we will create a simple BPM process and configure the human task for each pattern. However, before we start talking about human task patterns, let's understand some of the definitions that we will follow throughout this chapter.

We will discuss building a list of participants, routing to participants, task assignments, escalations, and so on in this chapter. Participants will remain the core of the discussion. Participants are users who act on the tasks. They are defined in the assignment and routing policy definition. In the first screenshot of this chapter, each participant block with the icon that represents people is a participant. We are talking about human tasks and user tasks, and it's the user (participant) who needs to act on them. The following are the types of participants: