Overview of the Projected Completion Date for projects, tasks, and issues

Last update: July 22, 2024

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The Projected Completion Date is a real-time, calculated indicator of when the project, task, or issue will be completed. When the project, task, or issue is marked as Completed, the Projected Completion Date changes to the date of the Actual Completion Date.

The following sections describe how the Projected Completion Date is determined for projects, tasks, and issues, and how to locate it.

Access requirements

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Adobe Workfront planAny
Adobe Workfront license*

New:

  • Contributor or higher to view the Projected Completion Date in a report

  • A Standard license to create a report

Current:

  • Review or higher to view the Projected Completion Date in a report

  • A Plan license to create a report

Access level

View or higher access to Projects

You must have Edit access to Reports, Dashboards, Calendars to create a report

You must have Edit access to Filters, Views, Groupings to create a report or modify a list view

Object permissionsView or higher permissions to a project

*For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

How Adobe Workfront determines the Projected Completion Date

The Projected Completion Date is a calculated field and cannot be manually changed.

The criteria used to determine the Projected Completion Date differs, depending on the object you are viewing:

  • Projects: The Projected Completion Date for projects equates with the Projected Completion Date of the latest task on the project.

    For example, a higher percent complete moves the Projected Completed Date of the task closer to the current day. If the status of the task is New and the task Planned Completion Date is close or has passed, the Projected Completion Date moves further into the future.

  • Tasks: The Projected Completion Date for tasks is determined based on the following criteria:

    • Progress updates made on the task by the task assignee: Progress updates include changes to percent complete and changes of task status.

    • Commit Date: If the task assignee specifies a Commit Date, the Projected Completion Date changes to match the Commit Date.

      For more information about Commit Dates, see the article Commit Date overview.

    • Predecessors: If there are no delays on the predecessor tasks, the Projected Completion Date should match the Planned Completion Date. As delays occur, dependent tasks show a Projected Completion Date greater than the Planned Completion Date.

      For more information about the Planned Completion Date of tasks, see Overview of the task Planned Completion Date.

    IMPORTANT
    When the predecessor of a task has an Actual Completion Date, the dependent tasks receive a Projected Completion Date as described in the following scenario:
    If the project has Task A, Task B, and Task C, and Task B is the successor of Task A, Task C is the successor of Task B and an Actual Completion Date is added to Task A, the Projected Completion Date is automatically recalculated for Task B (provided the Update Type of the project is set to Automatic and On Change), but it will not be recalculated for Task C. Currently, Workfront calculates the Projected Completion Date for tasks that are one level up or down from the updated Task, for performance reasons.

  • Issues: The issue Projected Completion Date is initially set to match the issue Planned Completion Date.

    If the issue assignee specifies a commit date, both the Projected Completion Date and the Planned Completion Date change to match the Commit Date.

    For more information about Commit Dates, see the article Commit Date overview.