If a workflow is assigned to a type of document used in a project template, the first status can be reached when the document is created, depending on the workflow definition. This occurs when the property ‘Status by default’ of the first workflow status is set to ‘Yes.' According to this setup, the first status is assigned to the author of the document; hence a generic resource needs to entered, as recommended above in this document.
If the 'Status by default' is set to 'No,' nothing needs to be done, since resources will be assigned to the document once a project was created from the template.