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Navigate the project page

This video provides an overview of navigating and managing the project page in Workfront. 鈥 Key features include:

  • Project Header: Displays essential information such as percent complete, project manager, planned completion date, project condition, and status. 鈥 The status helps track the project鈥檚 stage and triggers notifications. 鈥
  • Breadcrumb Navigation: Shows the project鈥檚 placement within the organization鈥檚 program and portfolio, with clickable links for easy navigation. 鈥
  • Favorites and Menu: The Favorites star bookmarks the project for quick access, while the Menu offers options like editing details, copying the project, and recalculating timelines. 鈥
  • Task List: Represents steps in the project plan. 鈥 Use quick filters to locate tasks, inline editing for quick changes, and the task summary panel for detailed information. 鈥 Clicking a task name opens its dedicated page. 鈥
  • Left Panel: Provides access to various project sections, such as details, updates, and documents. 鈥 The panel can be customized by the system administrator. 鈥
  • Updates Section: Centralizes communication about the project, allowing tagging of users, replying to comments, and viewing rolled-up updates from tasks, issues, and documents. 鈥
  • Documents Section: Enables uploading and managing project-related files and proofs. 鈥 Documents attached to tasks roll up to the project level for easy access. 鈥

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In this video, you will learn how to view the details of the project, how to use the task list, where to upload documents, and where to view the update history. Once you鈥檝e created your project using your organization鈥檚 preferred method, the project page opens and is ready for you to start tweaking the project plan. Before you start making changes, let鈥檚 orient you to what you鈥檙e seeing. The area at the top of the project gives you key information with just a glance. The overall percent complete gives you an idea of how work is progressing. You also see who the project manager is, the planned completion date, or overall due date, of the project, the project condition, and the status of the project. The last one, the status, does two main things in Workfront. First, lets everyone see what stage of development the project is in, and second, it tells Workfront when to send out notifications and when not to send them. Above the project name is a great feature, the breadcrumb. This shows you where and how your project fits into the bigger picture, program and portfolio, at your organization. Each object in the breadcrumb is a clickable link that navigates you to the object, if you have been granted access to it. Let鈥檚 look at the final two icons in the header, the Favorites and the Menu. Clicking the Favorites star adds the open project to your favorites list, like bookmarking the project in Workfront, making it easier to get back to this project when you need it. Just click again to Unfavorite. The Menu lists all the different things you can do with the project. This ranges from editing the project details, to making a copy of the project, to recalculating the timeline after changes have been made. The main thing you鈥檒l notice on the project page is the task list. Each task represents a step in the plan or work that needs to be done on the project. This could be writing a copy, running the numbers on a budget proposal, or signing off on the final production schedule. Sometimes your task list can get quite long, which makes looking for a specific task a challenge. Use the quick filter to find what you鈥檙e looking for. Make quick changes to a task by double-clicking into a field to activate the Inline Edit feature. Make your changes, then click out to save. To dig deeper into a task, open the Task Summary panel. This opens the panel on the right side, where you can access the task details, documents, and approvals. The side summary can be customized for your needs by your system administrator, so what you see here may be different than what is shown here. As you select different tasks in the list, the information in the summary panel updates accordingly. If you need more information than the task summary panel allows, just click the task name to open the task page. Get back to the project page with the breadcrumb at the top of the window. Each object in Workfront has its own left panel. From here, you can access different sections of project information. Hover over the panel to see each section name and icon. Click the icon at the top to expand or collapse the panel. Note, what you see in this panel may differ from this video because the left panel options can be customized by your Workfront system administrator. This takes you to your task list. This is usually the page that you will land on when entering the project. Project Details. Access native and custom project information by clicking the Details section. Your system administrator can customize what you see in this section, so the information you need is easy to find. Updates. Communication about the project is found in the Updates section. Enter your project level updates here, tagging other Workfront users who need to see the update. See what others have posted and use the reply button to respond to specific comments. Updates made on tasks, issues, and documents roll up to the Project Updates section. So, as a project manager, there鈥檚 no need to go digging through the items to find the latest updates. They鈥檙e all right here. Documents. Keep documents and proofs related to the project with the project through the Documents section. Documents and proofs can be uploaded at the project level with the Add New button. You can also upload files to individual tasks. Workfront recommends that you make sure any relevant documents are attached to a task before you assign it to someone. And just like the Updates tab, documents and proofs associated with a task roll up can be viewed from the Project Documents section, making it easier and faster to find relevant information. Now that you know your way around a project, you can plan and manage your projects with ease.

Key takeaways

  • Project Header Overview: Quickly access key project details like percent complete, project manager, due date, status, and condition. 鈥 The status also controls notifications and workflow stages. 鈥
  • Task Management: Use the task list to track project steps, apply quick filters to find tasks, and make inline edits. 鈥 Access detailed task information via the summary panel or task page. 鈥
  • Breadcrumb Navigation: Navigate the project鈥檚 hierarchy within the organization using clickable links in the breadcrumb trail. 鈥
  • Centralized Updates: All updates from tasks, issues, and documents roll up to the project updates section, simplifying communication and tracking. 鈥
  • Document Organization: Upload and manage project-related files and proofs in the documents section, ensuring relevant documents are attached to tasks for streamlined collaboration. 鈥

Key parts of the project page

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The project page is filled with many features to help you manage your work. Work with your system administrator if there is an option you need but don鈥檛 see in your instance of Workfront. Here are a few of the main project page features to make note of.

Screenshot of project page

  1. Breadcrumb trail: Navigate through the program and portfolio hierarchy behind the project.
  2. Object type: Showing the object type on the landing page helps you identify what you鈥檙e looking at in Workfront. The 鈥減roject鈥 term is customizable by your Workfront system administrator.
  3. Project name: The name of the project that you鈥檙e viewing. Click the name to edit it.
  4. Project header: Standard information that鈥檚 available on all project pages.
  5. Percent complete: This updates automatically, based on the tasks completed in the project.
  6. Project Owner: At most organizations, this is the project manager. This is the person responsible for managing the project in Workfront and ensuring that it鈥檚 completed.
  7. Planned Completion Date: The planned completion date of the project is set by the project manager through the project timeline.
  8. Condition: The Condition is a visual representation of how the project is progressing. Workfront can automatically configure the Condition based on the progress status of the tasks in the project. Or Condition can be set manually through the project details.
  9. Status: The Status indicates where the project stands in the process: is the project still being planned, is the project in progress, or is the project complete.
  10. New Task: Click to create a task in the project. The task generates at the bottom of the list.
  11. Export: Export the task list or selected tasks to a PDF, spreadsheet, or tab delimited file.
  12. Left panel menu: Navigate to different information about the project with the left panel. Click the Task icon at the top to collapse the panel if you need a bit more space on your screen. Drag and drop the icons so the order helps you work efficiently. The options you see are set by your Workfront system administrator.
  13. Task list: The task list shows all the tasks that make up your project plan. The information visible about each task is determined by the view selected.
  14. Summary panel: The summary panel provides a quick look into information about the selected task. Click the ummary panel icon to open or close.
  15. Add More Tasks Click here to add another task to the bottom of the task list using inline edit.
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