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J'ai coordonné le calendrier, de sorte que le projet a commencé tôt.

J'ai coordonné le calendrier, de sorte que le projet a commencé tôt.
I coordinated the schedule, so that the project started early.
From Lesson 289:Purpose and result (de sorte que)·French

Questions & Answers about J'ai coordonné le calendrier, de sorte que le projet a commencé tôt.

Why is a commencé in the indicative here instead of the subjunctive?
In this sentence, de sorte que expresses a result that actually happened (the project really did start early), rather than a goal or intention. When de sorte que focuses on an accomplished result, it takes the indicative.
How would the sentence change if my goal was for the project to start early, but we don't know if it actually did?
You would use the subjunctive to express purpose. The sentence would become J'ai coordonné le calendrier, de sorte que le projet commence tôt (I coordinated the schedule so that the project would start early).
Does calendrier just mean a physical calendar hanging on a wall?
Not always! While it is the word for a standard calendar, in a professional or project context like this, le calendrier is commonly used to mean the schedule, timeline, or timetable.
Why use the passé composé (a commencé) instead of the imparfait (commençait) in the second half of the sentence?
The passé composé is used because the project starting early is viewed as a single, completed action in the past. If you were describing a repeated past outcome (such as 'so that the project always started early'), you would use the imparfait.

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