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Schedule a new Workflow Background Process to be executed every 5 minutes with the following parameters:

Item Type = NULL
Minimum Threshold = NULL
Maximum Threshold = NULL
Process Deferred = Y
Process Timeout = N
Process Stuck = N

This Workflow Background Process will run every 5 minutes and will process only the deferred activities.

Schedule a new Workflow Background Process to be executed every 60 minutes with the following parameters:

 Item Type = NULL
 Minimum Threshold = NULL
 Maximum Threshold = NULL
 Process Deferred = N
 Process Timeout = Y
 Process Stuck = N

This Workflow Background Process will run every 60 minutes and process only the timed out workflow activities.

Schedule a new Workflow Background Process to be executed every week with the following parameters:

 Item Type = NULL
 Minimum Threshold = NULL
 Maximum Threshold = NULL
 Process Deferred = N
 Process Timeout = N
 Process Stuck = Y

This Workflow Background Process will run once a week and process only the stuck workflow processes. In addition it is better to schedule it so it runs when the load on the system is low.