--- sourceDocument: Brazil Strategic Portfolio Management sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/it-business-management Release : - brazil ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - Brazil Strategic Portfolio Management ft:clusterId : - itbm bundleId : - itbm workflow : - Technology --- # Schedule a project from a start date # Schedule a project from a start date {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Brazil Updated September 10, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read Schedule a project from a start date and plan tasks and milestones based on your project requirements. ## Before you begin Role required: it_project_manager ## Procedure 1. Navigate to AllProjectProjectsCreate New. 2. On the Project form, enter the project name. 3. From Dates related list, select Schedule and select Approved start date. All tasks without dependencies or constraints are set to start on the project start date. 4. Select Submit. **Related concepts** * [Create and manage waterfall projects](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/SdLSEzn8q~cleKbfJVSClQ "Plan, create, and manage projects using the Waterfall methodology.") * [Costing add-on in Project Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/WjB9FzFk6wUTKyeyHIy1JA "The Project Management costing add-on connects the Project Management application to the Cost Management application to allow for estimating and tracking the costs associated with projects.") * [Project scheduling in Project Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/jLG4dhvV_0j92NSEIGi7tw "Define how tasks are sequenced, timed, and connected to determine when a project starts and finishes with Project scheduling.") **Related tasks** * [Create a project task from a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/DlQEkhSwIbA1~VIYtbTr6w "Create tasks from the project form to break down project objectives into manageable units of work.") * [Create a parent-child relationship on the Project Task form](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/GKGZnj5DQjtMeA_DPfZ1AA "Create a child task from any project task form.") * [Create a monetary benefit plan for a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ghyztKOrPshFIEhvgbkeyw "Create a monetary benefit plan to specify the estimated benefit in a category spanning one or more fiscal periods. Project benefit plans capture the potential benefits accrued by the project when the project is executed.") * [Create a non-monetary benefit plan for a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/GXkn8~afzMXE74hHMThXSw "Create a non-monetary benefit plan to specify the estimated benefit in a category spanning one or more fiscal periods. Project benefit plans capture the potential non-financial benefits accrued by the project when the project is executed.") * [Associate monetary and non-monetary benefit plans](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/8euuc68~1vtRO1w88V9CNQ "Associate monetary and non-monetary benefit plans, so that you can capture the potential benefits (financial and non-financial) accrued by the project for the hybrid benefit plans.") * [Create a project cost plan](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/rpwh6hiSIDPTAhJv44iTFA "Create a cost plan to specify the unit cost of a cost type for a fiscal period. Project cost plans capture the costs of projects.") * [Recalculating costs of all resource plans in a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/pQJbZb5psaDUi4~uX~9uGQ "Recalculate resource costs for all resource plans in a project when hourly rates change in the associated rate model.") * [Create an expense line](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/XH5qB2IY6mDpDIlXcurKNA "A project expense line is cost associated with a specific source, such as a user, fixed asset, or a CI. Expense lines are part of project cost plans.") * [Apply or change a task constraint](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/MNxDMI417uCLE6OAL6JmBQ "Apply a constraint to control when an automatically scheduled task starts or finishes. Set the constraint type and the associated constraint date if required.") * [Update a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/FchN0wAj5qHkw4s~XdVMRw "Update the project and make adjustments in fields to handle scope, cost, and schedule. While a project is underway, keep actual values as current as possible. Continue to measure actual values, analyze the impact of any potential project risks.") * [Copy a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/qLAkmyrPYdrSmkzisLc9cA "Another option for creating a project is to copy an existing project with all its tasks and relationships. After you specify the start date for the copy, the system adjusts all task start and end dates automatically.") * [Assign a project schedule](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/2PGArVmIGldR04hOXgeMdA "Assign a schedule to a project so that task durations and dates reflect real working days and hours.") * [Create baseline of a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/FJRrXW5foQPZkC_KIOvUzw "Create a schedule baseline and financial baseline of a project. A schedule baseline captures planned dates of all tasks and milestones at a particular moment in time. A financial baseline captures benefit and financial metric information (snapshot of cost plan, benefit plan, and project-level financial metrics) at a particular moment in time.") * [Create a milestone](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/o4c1jTzvL5PbfCtnlxBp7g "A milestone is a project task with a duration of zero (0). Use milestones to mark key dates in your project, such as key decision points, approvals, and holidays. Milestones are treated like any other project task and you can create dependencies between tasks and milestones.") * [Activate project task email notifications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/BwdOfvvxteBwSz1a2N7nuA "The following email notifications for the Project Management application are available by default, but are inactive. You must activate them manually.") * [Change the planned start date of a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/bVbiC_wehWkPWS1WXk4Erg "Adjust the schedule of a project by changing the planned start date of a project and shifting it later or earlier than the current planned schedule.") * [Create a cost type definition](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/LLJta7hgko8kn5q0W5D8nw "Create a cost type definition to associate a cost type, operating, or capital, to an account in the General Ledger from the Financial Management application. Create a cost type definition if you are using Project Portfolio Management with Financials.") * [Generate labor costs](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/l24~8O3jBBTdTVfh6XYsEg "Generate labor costs based on the planning attributes configured for financials in the planning attributes page for the resource assignments in a project.") * [Create a project status report](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/st3i9qEZ3ubLVJjQbRHPjQ "Create project status report from the related lists of the project form. The project status report created for the most recent status date updates the status of the project in portfolios.") * [Allocate budget to a project](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/YiOi_R2Hl6mm4k1wyrEqoA "Set the budget of a project according to the fiscal years.") * [Migrate budget of active projects to Next Experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/oqNInhqU2WRrTPTEussIKA "Migrate the project budget to Next Experience to manage the financials using Project Workspace.") * [Migrate financial baselines of projects to Next Experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/zLwdd7jUxgV1A7gVq4jD6g "Migrate the financial baselines of your project to Next Experience to manage the financial using Project Workspace.") **Related reference** * [Task link types](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/f1uUvYPIjIUsIvOgNMJbNw "Task links define the dependency relationship between tasks. Linking tasks creates dependencies that affect task start and finish dates and determine the critical path. The following table describes the four supported link types.") *[\>]: and then