Add a project to a program

Last update: April 1, 2026

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You can organize your projects by adding them to programs within portfolios. You can have multiple projects inside of one program, but you can associate only one program with a project.

You must create a portfolio and a program inside this portfolio before you can add a project to a program.

Adding a project to a program automatically adds it to the program’s portfolio at the same time.

For information about creating portfolios, see Create a portfolio.

For information about creating programs, see Create a program.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

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Adobe Workfront package	Any
Adobe Workfront license	Standard Plan
Access level	Edit access to Programs or higher Edit access to Projects
Object permissions	Manage permissions to the program Manage permissions to the projects

*For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Add a project to an existing program

Go to a Program.

Click Projects in the left panel.

Click New Project and select a method for adding the project.

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You cannot add a project when you view the list of projects in the Milestone view.

Select from the following options:

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New Project	Add a new project from scratch. For more information about creating a project from scratch, see Create a project.
New Project (Legacy storage)	Add a new Workfront storage project. The option displays only when your organization uses both Workfront and Adobe cloud document storage. Your Workfront instance might not have both types of storage. For more information about creating a project, see Create a project.
New Project from Template	Add a new project using an existing template. For more information about creating a project from a template, see Create a project using a template.
Import MS Project	Add a project that you previously exported from MS Project and have saved on your computer. For more information about creating a new project by importing it from Microsoft Project, see Import a project from Microsoft Project.
Request Project	Request that the new project is approved before you can start working on it. For information about requesting projects, see Requesting a Project.
Existing Project	Add a project that has already been created.

(Conditional) If you selected Existing Project, the Add projects box opens.

Do the following:

In the Add projects box, type the name of a project in the Add projects to this program field, then select it when it displays in the list.

You can add more than one project.

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When your organization uses both legacy Workfront and Adobe cloud storage for documents, the following scenarios exist:
When you add an Adobe cloud storage project to a legacy Workfront storage program and the program has no documents attached to it, the program and its portfolio are converted to an Adobe cloud storage object. When you add an Adobe cloud storage project to a legacy Workfront storage program and the program or the portfolio have documents attached to it, the program or the portfolio documents storage remains on Workfront storage. However, the legacy Workfront storage icon is removed from the program or the portfolio (whichever has documents attached before you move the project.) You cannot add a legacy Workfront storage project to an Adobe cloud storage program.
For more information, see Document management overview for projects and related objects.
Not all Workfront instances have both types of document storages.

(Optional) Click the Delete icon next to the name of a project if you decide not to add it to the program.
Click Add projects.

The project displays in the Projects tab of the program and is now associated with the program and the program’s respective portfolio.

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