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title: Accept or reject project task notifications
description: Approve or reject the changes in a notification for an external soft dependency.
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release: australia
product: Project Management
classification: project-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create a project task from a project, Starting a project, Using Project Management, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Accept or reject project task notifications

Approve or reject the changes in a notification for an external soft dependency.

## Before you begin

Role required: it\_project\_manager

## About this task

The **Notifications** related list on the project record lists the [external dependency](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/external-dependencies.md) related notifications raised in the successor project. The [notifications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/external-dependency-types.md) are triggered as a result of changes made in the predecessor project that can impact successor project or task.

-   The notifications for the hard dependency have the**State** set to Processed by default.
-   The notifications for the soft dependency have the **State** set to New by default. As the project manager of the successor project, you can choose to accept or reject the changes in the notification.

## Procedure

1.  Open the project form.

2.  Select the **Notifications** related list.

3.  Select the reference icon \[Omitted image "ProjectWorkbenchProjectDetailIcon.png"\] Alt text: Reference icon.to open the project task notification record for an external soft dependency.

4.  Select **Approve** or **Reject**.


## Result

-   The **Status** of the notification record changes to Accept or Reject.
-   The **State** of the notification record changes to Processed.

**Parent Topic:**[Create a project task from a project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateATaskFromAProject.md)