Set the project Planned Completion Date

Last update: July 13, 2023

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The Planned Completion Date of a project is the date by which the project is set to complete.

The Planned Start and the Planned Completion Dates of a project rely on the dates of the tasks on the project. This article describes how you can manually or automatically set the Planned Completion Date of a project. For more information about the Planned Completion Date of a task, see Overview of the task Planned Completion Date.

The Planned Completion Date of a project can be set manually or automatically, depending on whether you schedule the project from the Start or from the Completion Date.

Access requirements

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront plan*Any
Adobe Workfront license*Plan
Access level configurations*

Edit access to Projects

NOTE

If you still don’t have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can modify your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels.

Object permissions

Manage permissions to the project

For information on requesting additional access, see Request access to objects.

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

Manually set the Planned Completion Date of a project

You must manually set the Planned Completion Date of a project when you schedule the project from Completion Date.

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When you manually set the Planned Completion Date of a project, Workfront automatically calculates the Planned Start Date of the project based on the Duration of all the tasks.

To schedule a project from Completion Date:

  1. Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner, then click Projects.

  2. Click New Project then New Project.

    For more information about creating projects, see the article Create a project.

  3. Select Project Details in the left panel, then click the Edit Project icon in the upper-right corner.

  4. In the Schedule Mode field, select Completion Date.

  5. Specify the Planned Completion Date of the project.

  6. Click Save Changes.

    As you start adding tasks to your project, the Planned Start Date of the project calculates based on the total Duration of all of the tasks.

Automatically set the Planned Completion Date of a project

The Planned Completion Date of a project is automatically calculated by Workfront when you schedule the project from Start Date.

To schedule a project from Start Date:

  1. Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner, then click Projects.

  2. Click  New Project then New Project.

    For more information about creating projects, see the article Create a project.

  3. Select Project Details in the left panel, then click the Edit Project icon in the upper-right corner.

  4. In the Schedule Mode field, select Start Date.

  5. Specify the Planned Start Date of the project.

  6. Click Save Changes.

    As you start adding tasks to your project, the Planned Completion Date of the project calculates based on the total Duration of all of the tasks.

    For more information about Task Duration, see the article Overview of Task Duration and Duration Type.

    The Planned Completion Date of the project coincides, in this case, with the Planned Completion Date of the last task on the project.

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