Accept or reject project task notifications

task australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read accept-project-task-notifications.md

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 related notifications raised in the successor project. The notifications 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 theState 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

Open the project form.
Select the Notifications related list.
Select the reference icon [Omitted image "ProjectWorkbenchProjectDetailIcon.png"] Alt text: Reference icon.to open the project task notification record for an external soft dependency.
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

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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.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/project-management/accept-project-task-notifications.html
release: australia
product: Project Management
classification: project-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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]
---

# 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)