Managing Project workbench

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title: Managing Project workbench
description: The project workbench allows project managers to manage all aspects of a project.
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product: Project Management
classification: project-management
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Using Project workbench - Legacy, Using Project Management, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Managing Project workbench

The project workbench allows project managers to manage all aspects of a project.

-   **[Open a project in the project workbench](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_OpenAProjectInTheProjectWorkbench.md)**  
The project manager can open an existing project in the project workbench.
-   **[Create a project task in the project workbench](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateProjTaskProjWorkbench.md)**  
Create a project task for a waterfall phase.
-   **[Manage project stories in the project workbench](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_ManageProjStoriesProjWorkbench.md)**  
If Project Portfolio Management and Agile Development 2.0 are activated, the project manager can manage the stories in a project from the project workbench.
-   **[Create a story in the project workbench](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateAStoryInTheProjectWorkbench.md)**  
Create a story for an agile phase.
-   **[Create a test case in the project workbench](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateTestCaseProjWorkbench.md)**  
Specifying a test plan is optional when creating a test phase. However, before you add test cases to a test phase, you must specify a test plan.

**Parent Topic:**[Using Project workbench - Legacy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/c_ProjectWorkbench.md)

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