Get started with results and activities in Adobe Workfront Goals
-
For the new plan and license structure:
- The Ultimate Workfront plan
-
For the current plan and license structure:
- A Pro or higher Workfront plan
- An Adobe Workfront Goals license in addition to a Workfront license.
When you create a goal, the goal has a status of Draft. For information about creating goals, see Create goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.
In order to start recording progress on a goal, you must activate it. To activate your goal and change its status to Active you must first add the following to it:
- A result
- An activity
- A project
- An aligned goal
After at least one of these items is added, you may activate the goal. You must update the results and activities of goals to indicate progress on the goal.
This article gives an overview of activities and results. For information about aligning goals, see Goal alignment in Adobe Workfront Goals. For information about connecting projects to goals, see Add projects to goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.
Results overview
Results measure the progress of your goal or how close to achieving it you are. As the goal owner, you can also own the result. A result to your goal might also be assigned to a different user.
For information about adding results to goals, see Add results to goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.
You can add results to your own goals or goals that belong to other entities in your organization.
Consider the following when working with results:
-
They answer the question, “How will I know when my goal is complete?”
-
They are metric indicators. You can select from the following options to indicate a progress for your result:
- Currency
- Number
- Percentage
For more information about results, see the list of similarities between results and activities in the section Similarities between results, activities, and projects in this article.
Activities overview
Activities, like results, are specific and measurable, and typically include a percent complete indicator. As the goal owner, you can also own the activities associated with the goal. An activity on your goal might also be assigned to a different user.
For information about adding activities to goals, see Add activities to goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.
Consider the following when associating activities with your goals:
- They answer the question, “What will I achieve when the goal is complete?”
- Activities are custom entries that can be thought of more in terms of complete or incomplete. They must be manually updated to indicate what percentage of the activity has been completes thus far.
For more information about results and activities, see the list of similarities between results and activities in the section Similarities between results, activities, and projects in this article.
Similarities between results, activities, and projects similarities-between-results-activities-and-projects
Results, activities and projects are goal progress indicators.
There are some differences in the way you manage projects versus the way you manage results and activities. For information about adding projects to goals, see Add activities to goals in Adobe Workfront Goals. For information about projects connected to goals, see Add projects to goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.
In addition to results, activities, and projects, you can also associate children goals to a goal. Children goals are also a type of progress indicator for a goal. For information, see Align goals by connecting them in Adobe Workfront Goals. The progress of the children goal’s progress indicators also drives the progress of the parent goal.
The following table displays similarities and differences between results, activities, and projects, as goal indicators: