If you do a record-specific task, you can open the related record directly from the task. So, you can do the required work on the record.
Steps
You can view a task-related record from several places. As an example, in this task guide, you view a task-related record for a business process modeling task. To do so, click Business process modeling.
Click the My tasks tab.
In the list, find and select the desired record.
Click Edit.
Click Related record.
Close the page.
Close the page.