Automated Workfront Deadline Risk Alerts
Every morning, WebRun opens Workfront, reviews active projects and their tasks, flags anything already overdue or due within three days with work still incomplete, posts the owner list to Slack, and gives leadership a rolled-up view in Microsoft Teams.
How do I see which Workfront projects are about to miss their deadline?
WebRun opens Workfront every morning, finds tasks already overdue and tasks due within three days that are barely started, then posts the list to Slack grouped by owner and a project-level roll-up to Microsoft Teams, so slipping deadlines surface days before a delivery date is missed.
- Slipping work surfaces days before the delivery date, not after
- Every at-risk task has a named owner in Slack each morning
- Leadership sees the project trend without opening Workfront
Built for project managers · marketing operations · creative teams · PMO leads
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
www.workfront.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Workfront - find work about to slip
- Open Workfront and filter to active projects
- List tasks that are already past their planned completion date and still open
- Add tasks due within the next three days whose percent complete is still low
- Capture the project, the task, the assignee, the due date and the days of slip for each
- Note any project whose own completion date has moved later than the committed date
Done when Every overdue or nearly overdue item is listed with its owner and days of slip.
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Slack - tell each owner
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WebRun opens Slack to tell each owner. - Post the at-risk list to your delivery channel in Slack
- Group items by assignee and @-mention each owner once
- Sort the biggest slip first and show the due date beside each task
- Leave the follow-up conversation to the humans in the channel
Done when Every owner has been named once in Slack with their at-risk items.
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Microsoft Teams - roll it up for leadership
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WebRun opens Microsoft Teams to roll it up for leadership. - Post a rolled-up view to your leadership channel in Microsoft Teams
- Show counts by project rather than by individual task
- Call out any project whose committed completion date has moved
- Include yesterday's count so the trend is visible
Done when Leadership has today's project-level risk picture in Teams.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it change dates or statuses in Workfront?
No. WebRun reads Workfront and never edits a task, a date or a status. Rescheduling stays a decision the project manager makes, with the at-risk list in front of them.
Does it message people outside my company?
No. Both posts are internal, one to your Slack delivery channel and one to your Microsoft Teams leadership channel. Clients and external stakeholders are never contacted by this run.
What counts as at risk?
Anything already past its planned completion date and still open, plus anything due within three days whose percent complete is still low. You can change the window and the completion threshold.
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