Workflow locking document - analysis, debug?

Hello Experts,
We are having issues making the WF's work in ESO 5.1
At this point, we are working with Contract WF's, but it's locking the documents.
Any pointers on how to make an analysis or debug of what the WF is actually doing?
We've added a logger for messaging coding in the pre/post scripts, but where is this actually seen? There's nothing on the Setup -> System Information-> Logs
Your help is appreciated. Thanks!

Baski:
This information proved extremely useful.
Based on your response, we actually found errors in the Background Task Status -> Today Daemon Alerts.
Error Name: EVENT WORKFLOW ENGINE
Log Level: ErrorTimestamp:8/31/11 2:18 PM (CDT)Session ID:event_workflow_engineUser:daemonDescription: Workflow EngineMessage: Unexpected error handling eventDescription of document
Description: Exception: java.lang.NullPointerExceptionStack Trace: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.frictionless.workflow.engine.handlers.PhaseChangeInstantiationRequestHandler.processActivity(PhaseChangeInstantiationRequestHandler.java:351)
at com.frictionless.workflow.engine.handlers.PhaseChangeInstantiationRequestHandler.processHook(PhaseChangeInstantiationRequestHandler.java:249)
at com.frictionless.workflow.engine.handlers.WorkflowEngineRequestHandler.process(WorkflowEngineRequestHandler.java:197)
at com.frictionless.workflow.engine.WorkflowEngine.process(WorkflowEngine.java:412)
at com.frictionless.workflow.engine.WorkflowEngine.processPhaseChangeInstantiationRequest(WorkflowEngine.java:134)
at com.frictionless.workflow.engine.WorkflowEngineDaemon.processPhaseChangeInstantiationRequest(WorkflowEngineDaemon.java:328)
at com.frictionless.workflow.engine.WorkflowEngineDaemon.processHook(WorkflowEngineDaemon.java:148)
at com.frictionless.comp.daemon.AbsEventDaemon.process(AbsEventDaemon.java:151)
at com.frictionless.comp.da...
We also found 2 Events under Pending Daemon Events:
Event Type: EVENT_WORKFLOW_ENGINE
Primary Type: 10050
Subtype: 1
Retry Count: 7
The other one shows the same info.
Should you be able to provide additional info on the above issue, it would be really helpful.
Otherwise, points will be awarded as your first post completely answered my question Thanks!

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