    @Test @Ignore  //the BPM engine needs to be running for this test to pass
    public void testNewProcessInstance() throws Exception {

        BpmManager bpmManager = WorkflowFactory.newInstance();
        String processId = "com.sample.evaluation"; //$NON-NLS-1$
        Map<String,Object> parameters = new HashMap<String,Object>();
        parameters.put("employee", "krisv"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
        parameters.put("reason", "just bc"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
        parameters.put("uuid", "some-uuid-" + new Date()); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
        bpmManager.newProcessInstance(null, processId, parameters);
    }