diff --git a/taskflow/patterns/ordered_workflow.py b/taskflow/patterns/ordered_workflow.py
index ddc22a81..64c212b3 100644
--- a/taskflow/patterns/ordered_workflow.py
+++ b/taskflow/patterns/ordered_workflow.py
@@ -85,6 +85,38 @@ class Workflow(object):
     def _fetch_inputs(self, task):
         return {}
 
+    def _perform_reconcilation(self, task, excp):
+        # Attempt to reconcile the given exception that occured while applying
+        # the given task and either reconcile said task and its associated
+        # failure, so that the workflow can continue or abort and perform
+        # some type of undo of the tasks already completed.
+        try:
+            self._change_state(context, states.REVERTING)
+        except Exception:
+            LOG.exception("Dropping exception catched when"
+                          " changing state to reverting while performing"
+                          " reconcilation on a tasks exception.")
+        cause = exc.TaskException(task, self, excp)
+        with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+            try:
+                self._on_task_error(context, task)
+            except Exception:
+                LOG.exception("Dropping exception catched when"
+                              " notifying about existing task"
+                              " exception.")
+            # The default strategy will be to rollback all the contained
+            # tasks by calling there reverting methods, and then calling
+            # any parent workflows rollbacks (and so-on).
+            try:
+                self.rollback(context, cause)
+            finally:
+                try:
+                    self._change_state(context, states.FAILURE)
+                except Exception:
+                    LOG.exception("Dropping exception catched when"
+                                  " changing state to failure while performing"
+                                  " reconcilation on a tasks exception.")
+
     def run(self, context, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.state != states.PENDING:
             raise exc.InvalidStateException("Unable to run workflow when "
@@ -96,21 +128,6 @@ class Workflow(object):
             result_fetcher = None
 
         self._change_state(context, states.STARTED)
-
-        # TODO(harlowja): we can likely add in custom reconcilation strategies
-        # here or around here...
-        def do_rollback_for(task, ex):
-            self._change_state(context, states.REVERTING)
-            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
-                try:
-                    self._on_task_error(context, task)
-                except Exception:
-                    LOG.exception("Dropping exception catched when"
-                                  " notifying about existing task"
-                                  " exception.")
-                self.rollback(context, exc.TaskException(task, self, ex))
-                self._change_state(context, states.FAILURE)
-
         task_order = self.order()
         last_task = 0
         if result_fetcher:
@@ -132,8 +149,8 @@ class Workflow(object):
                     # result it returned and not a modified one.
                     self.results.append((task, copy.deepcopy(result)))
                     self._on_task_finish(context, task, result)
-                except Exception as ex:
-                    do_rollback_for(task, ex)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    self._perform_reconcilation(task, e)
 
         self._change_state(context, states.RUNNING)
         was_interrupted = False
@@ -158,8 +175,8 @@ class Workflow(object):
                 # and not a modified one.
                 self.results.append((task, copy.deepcopy(result)))
                 self._on_task_finish(context, task, result)
-            except Exception as ex:
-                do_rollback_for(task, ex)
+            except Exception as e:
+                self._perform_reconcilation(task, e)
 
         if not was_interrupted:
             # Only gets here if everything went successfully.
@@ -201,6 +218,18 @@ class Workflow(object):
             f(context, states.SUCCESS, self, task, result=result)
 
     def rollback(self, context, cause):
+        # Performs basic task by task rollback by going through the reverse
+        # order that tasks have finished and asking said task to undo whatever
+        # it has done. If this workflow has any parent workflows then they will
+        # also be called to rollback any tasks said parents contain.
+        #
+        # Note(harlowja): if a workflow can more simply revert a whole set of
+        # tasks via a simpler command then it can override this method to
+        # accomplish that.
+        #
+        # For example, if each task was creating a file in a directory, then
+        # it's easier to just remove the directory than to ask each task to
+        # delete its file individually.
         for (i, (task, result)) in enumerate(reversed(self._reversions)):
             try:
                 task.revert(context, result, cause)