152 Certification Study Guide Series: IBM Maximo Asset Management V7.1 Figure 8- 10 Select Owner action 8.2 Work order flow control Tasks are part of work plans and help to divide work orders into steps to structure, organize, and report activities according to the work that is being executed. A work plan and a job plan are used to define tasks. Tasks define status and sequences that indicate the current phase of the work order. Tasks can automatically flow through their sequences considering work order status and tasks status. For more information about work plans, refer to 8.1.2, “ Work plans” on page 143 and 8.1.3, “ Job plans” on page 144. 8.2.1 Process flow A process flow denotes, for sequencing purposes, when a work order and its tasks start and complete. It is defined in work types, which can be associated in work orders. Process flow enables the processes to automatically start and complete considering the work order status. Work types can be managed in the Organization application, located at Go To . Administration . Organization. To access Work Type action, select a valid organization, and in the Action menu, select Work Order Options . Work Type. Figure 8- 11 shows an example of a work type that define the process flow to start when the work order is in progress and to end when it is completed.