Create an EPiServer Project programmatically

CreateNewProject.cs

/// <summary>
/// Create a project programmatically 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="projectName">The name of the project, e.g. "Weekly article updates"</param>
/// <param name="userName">The username of the person creating the project</param>
/// <returns>The newly created project, null if a project with that name already exists</returns>
public Project CreateNewProject(string projectName, string userName)
{
    var repo = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<ProjectRepository>();
    var newProject = new Project();

    if (repo.List().Any(x => x.Name == projectName) == false)
    {
        newProject.Name = projectName;
        newProject.CreatedBy = userName;
        repo.Save(newProject);

        return newProject;
    }

    return null;
}