A multiprocessor system (206) having a plurality of processors (304-306), each processor capable of processing at least one queue (404A-404N) of at least one service application, and at least one task (402A-402N) comprising at least one of the at least one queue; and wherein a first processor and a second processor of the plurality of processors is each programmed to delegate (602) a service application from the first processor to a queue of the at least one queue of the second processor, evaluate (604-606) the queue at the second processor according to flow control criteria, process (608) the service application at the second processor upon satisfying the flow control criteria, and reject (610) the service application at the second processor upon failing to satisfy the flow control criteria.