Compress the following sentence into a shorter sentence without altering the meaning significantly.
We were obligated to finish the project before the end of the week as our boss had given us this directive.
We had to finish the project by week's end as instructed by our boss.
Complete the following task based on the instruction and optional input provided.### Instruction:
Compress the following sentence into a shorter sentence without altering the meaning significantly.

### Input:
We were obligated to finish the project before the end of the week as our boss had given us this directive.

### Output:
We had to finish the project by week's end as instructed by our boss.