diff --git a/addons/project/project.py b/addons/project/project.py
index e62570a1a43..beeabbdd1b0 100644
--- a/addons/project/project.py
+++ b/addons/project/project.py
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ class task(osv.osv):
         'manager_id': fields.related('project_id', 'analytic_account_id', 'user_id', type='many2one', relation='res.users', string='Project Manager'),
         'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company', 'Company'),
         'id': fields.integer('ID'),
+        'color': fields.integer('Color Index'),
     }
 
     _defaults = {
@@ -485,6 +486,21 @@ class task(osv.osv):
 
     _order = "sequence,priority, date_start, name, id"
 
+    def set_priority(self, cr, uid, ids, priority):
+        """Set task priority
+        """
+        return self.write(cr, uid, ids, {'priority' : priority})
+
+    def set_high_priority(self, cr, uid, ids, *args):
+        """Set task priority to high
+        """
+        return self.set_priority(cr, uid, ids, '1')
+
+    def set_normal_priority(self, cr, uid, ids, *args):
+        """Set task priority to normal
+        """
+        return self.set_priority(cr, uid, ids, '3')
+
     def _check_recursion(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
         for id in ids:
             visited_branch = set()