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Elle a mis en place un nouveau projet.

Elle a mis en place un nouveau projet.
She set up a new project.
From Lesson 246:The pronominal passive (se)·French

Breakdown of Elle a mis en place un nouveau projet.

elle
she
le projet
the project
nouveau
new
mettre en place
to set up

Questions & Answers about Elle a mis en place un nouveau projet.

What does mettre en place mean here?
Mettre en place is a very common phrase that translates to to set up, to put in place, or to implement. Here, a mis en place is the passé composé (past tense) form, meaning set up or implemented.
How would I say A new project was set up using the pronominal passive from this lesson?
You would make the verb reflexive by adding se. The sentence becomes: Un nouveau projet s'est mis en place. While this literally translates to A new project set itself up, French uses this structure to express the passive voice (was set up) for inanimate objects.
Why does nouveau come before projet?
In French, most adjectives go after the noun. However, short and common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size (often remembered by the acronym BANGS) go before the noun. Nouveau describes age or newness, so it goes before projet.
Why is there no feminine agreement on mis even though the subject is Elle?
Because the helping verb is avoir. In the passé composé with avoir, the past participle (mis) never agrees with the subject. It only agrees with a direct object if that object is placed before the verb. Here, the direct object (un nouveau projet) comes after the verb, so mis keeps its default masculine singular spelling.

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