Create and manage a project task list
Applies To
SharePoint Server 2016 SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise SharePoint in Microsoft 365 Windows SharePoint Services 3.0A Microsoft SharePoint project task list displays a collection of tasks that are part of a project. A task is a discrete work item that a single person can be assigned. A project is typically a series of activities that has a beginning, middle, and end. Examples include projects that produce a product or service, such as producing a product demonstration for a trade show, creating a product proposal for stakeholders, or organizing a corporate event.
After you create a SharePoint project task list, you can add tasks, assign resources to tasks, update the progress on tasks, and view the task information on bars that are displayed along a timeline.
SharePoint in Microsoft 365, SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2013 offer a connection from a SharePoint task list to Project. Project may be licensed separately.
To make the connection, create a SharePoint task list and import it into Project or Project Server. Once connected, updates to a task list in SharePoint will be reflected in Project.
To import a task list into Project, follow the steps in Add an existing SharePoint task list to Project Web App.
Create a task list in SharePoint in Microsoft 365 or SharePoint 2016 or 2013
The task list can be a starting point for your project.
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From your site's home page, click Settings
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Type "Tasks" into the search box and press Enter. You'll get a list of all apps that match.
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Type a name or title for the task and press Create.
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SharePoint returns you to the Site contents page. Find the app you just created in the Site contents list and open it. SharePoint creates a default timeline and a blank list.
You can start entering data using +new task to add data.
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