private IWorkItem createWorkItem(String projectAreaName, String workItemType,
			String categoryName, String summary, String owner, IProgressMonitor monitor)
			throws TeamRepositoryException {
		URI uri = URI.create(projectAreaName.replaceAll(" ", "%20"));
		IProcessArea processArea = fAuditableCommon.findProcessAreaByURI(uri, null, monitor);
		IProjectAreaHandle projectArea=processArea.getProjectArea();
		IWorkItemType type = fWorkItemCommon.findWorkItemType(projectArea, workItemType, monitor);

		List path = Arrays.asList(categoryName.split("/"));

		IWorkItem newWorkItem = fWorkItemServer.createWorkItem2(type);
		ICategoryHandle category = fWorkItemCommon.findCategoryByNamePath(projectArea, path, monitor);
		newWorkItem.setCategory(category);
		newWorkItem.setHTMLSummary(XMLString.createFromPlainText(summary));
		newWorkItem.setOwner(getContributorByID(owner));
		IStatus status = fWorkItemServer.saveWorkItem2(newWorkItem, null, null);
		if (!status.isOK()) {
			return null;
		}
		return newWorkItem;	
	}
	
	private IContributorHandle getContributorByID(
			String approverId) throws TeamRepositoryException {
		/**
		 * Get Approver Handle by searching some external system Replace this
		 * with some code to query the external system.
		 */
		IContributorService contributorService = getService(IContributorService.class);
		IContributorHandle approver = contributorService
				.fetchContributorByUserId(approverId);
		return approver;
	}

	
	/**
	 * Link two work items as blocking
	 * 
	 * @param blockingWorkItem
	 * @param blockedWorkItem
	 * @throws TeamRepositoryException
	 */
	private void linkBlockingWorkItems(IItemHandle blockingWorkItem,
			IItemHandle blockedWorkItem) throws TeamRepositoryException {
		/**
		 * Creating Links on the Server.
		 * 
		 * @see: 
		 *       https://jazz.net/forum/questions/82384/serverside-create-link-from
		 *       -a-workitem-to-a-changeset
		 * @see: 
		 *       https://jazz.net/forum/questions/80731/how-do-i-create-an-included
		 *       -in-build-link-from-java-api/80781
		 */

		IReferenceFactory refFactory = IReferenceFactory.INSTANCE;
		IReference source = refFactory.createReferenceToItem(blockingWorkItem);
		IReference target = refFactory.createReferenceToItem(blockedWorkItem);
		ILinkService linkService = getService(ILinkService.class);
		ILinkServiceLibrary linkServiceLibrary = (ILinkServiceLibrary) linkService
				.getServiceLibrary(ILinkServiceLibrary.class);

		ILink link = linkServiceLibrary.createLink(
				WorkItemLinkTypes.BLOCKS_WORK_ITEM, source, target);
		linkServiceLibrary.saveLink(link);
	}