--- title: Create a project task from a project description: Create tasks from the project form to break down project objectives into manageable units of work. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t\_CreateATaskFromAProject.html release: australia product: Project Management classification: project-management topic_type: task last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 6 breadcrumb: [Starting a project, Using Project Management, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management] --- # Create a project task from a project Create tasks from the project form to break down project objectives into manageable units of work. ## Before you begin Role required: it\_project\_manager ## Procedure 1. Navigate to **All** > **Project** > **Projects** > **All**. 2. Select the project from the list. 3. In the **Project Tasks** related list, select **New**. 4. On the form, fill in the fields. For more information on project task form, see [Project task form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/project-task-form.md). 5. Select **Submit**. ## Result The new task appears in the **Project Task** related list on the Project form. If time cards are in use, the application creates a time card for the resource. ## What to do next The value in the **Percent complete** field is related to the **State** field in the v3 application. If you change the percentage complete from **0** to any other value, the state of the task changes to **Work in progress** when you save or update the record. Likewise, if you change the state of the task to **Closed complete**, the **Percent complete** field is set to **100** and becomes read-only. If you change the state of a project task from **Work in progress** to **Closed Skipped** or **Closed Incomplete**, the **Percent complete** field retains the current value and becomes read-only. The **Percent complete** field appears in the Gantt chart for parent tasks as a light-colored bar \(the part of the task that is complete\). The bar overlaps the darker, underlying bar \(the full task\). For example, a Demo project is 5.41% complete as shown in a pop-up window. The **Phase 1** task is about 50% complete \(not shown in the pop-up window\). The Project Tasks list and the Project Tasks related list on the Project form include a **Dependency** field. Any dependencies for a task, such as a parent task, are displayed in this field. Click a dependency record. See [Predecessor dependencies in the planning console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/r_ProjectTaskDependencyValues.md) for a description of what you see in this column. - **[Create a task from an incident, problem, or change request](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateTaskIntPrblmChange.md)** You can create a new project task from the Project Task related list on the Incident, Problem, and Change Request forms. The tasks you create from these forms makes the project task a child of the incident, problem, or change, rather than a project. - **[Create tasks from project task creator](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_UseTheProjectTaskCreator.md)** Use the project task creator to create multiple tasks at once. - **[Insert a row into the project tasks list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_InsertARowIntoTheProjectTasksList.md)** You can create a new project task from the Project Task related list on the Project form. Administrators must enable this task-creation feature. - **[Copy an existing task or project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CopyExistingTaskorProject.md)** Save time when building a project by copying tasks from other projects. - **[Create a task from a project task template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_UseAProjectTaskTemplate.md)** You can save a project task as a template and reuse it when creating a task. - **[View default project and project task state categories](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/view-default-project-task-states.md)** View category information for the default project and project task states. In the base system, the states in project and project task inherit the states in Task table. - **[Link change requests to a project task](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_LinkChangesToAProjectTask.md)** Link change requests to tasks on the Project Task form. You can link change requests only to project tasks that have no child tasks. - **[Accept or reject project task notifications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/accept-project-task-notifications.md)** Approve or reject the changes in a notification for an external soft dependency. - **[Use a project task checklist](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateAProjectTaskChecklist.md)** You can create a checklist in a project task to track items that must be completed in the task. **Parent Topic:**[Starting a project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateAProject.md) **Related topics** [Create a parent-child relationship on the Project Task form]() [Create a monetary benefit plan for a project]() [Create a non-monetary benefit plan for a project]() [Associate monetary and non-monetary benefit plans]() [Create a project cost plan]() [Recalculating costs of all resource plans in a project]() [Create an expense line]() [Create and manage waterfall projects]() [Update a project]() [Copy a project]() [Assign a project schedule]() [Create baseline of a project]() [Create a milestone]() [Activate project task email notifications]() [Change the planned start date of a project]() [Create a cost type definition]() [Costing add-on in Project Management]() [Generate labor costs]() [Create a project status report]() [Allocate budget to a project]() [Migrate budget of active projects to Next Experience]() [Migrate financial baselines of projects to Next Experience]()