**As a** project portfolio manager

**I want to** have an overview of the project timeline of the projects in different portfolios

**So that I** can more easily understand the status of each project in order to make portfolios decisions.

#### Acceptance criteria

**Administration**

* There is a feature flag to activate the new feature.

* EE: In the administration, there is a UI to define stages and gates (Administration -> Project -> Stages and gates)

* There is setting to differentiate a gate from a stage:

* A gate has only one date.

* A gate is visualized as a "diamond".

* There is a UI to select a color for each stage type/gate type.


**Project settings**

* Stages and gates can be activated and deactivated at a project level (similiar to project attributes).

* A dedicated project permission is required to do this.

* When copying projects the active status of gates and stages are copied too.


**Project overview**

* In the Project Overview there is a UI to show and edit stages and gates that are enabled for that project.

* There is a project permission to **see all** stages and gates in a project.

* There is a project permission to **edit all** stages and gates in a project.

* There is an edit action to be able to edit the dates for each stage and gate.


**Project list**

* Select Begin of the insertionindividualEnd of the insertion stages and gates as columns for a project list Begin of the insertion(there is no optionEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion

* _\[Open:\] Should it be possible notEnd of the deletion to Begin of the insertionshow/hide the columns for allEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion display certain stages? When would it be useful to only show some stages?_

* _NL: Yes, there might be installations which have a large number ofEnd of the deletion stages and Begin of the insertiongates).

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion gates. Those are not relevant in all cases. There might be situations when only a subset is relevant, e.g. a milestone like the project start date._

End of the deletion * The stage/gate is indicated in the column header as colored icon next to the name.


**Work package**

* A stage/gate Begin of the insertioncan beEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion isEnd of the deletion an attribute of a work package (similar to Begin of the insertionversions).End of the insertion Begin of the deletion versions)End of the deletion

* Begin of the insertionA work package can be optionally assigned to stages and gates (no multi-select).

* End of the insertion The type form configuration also included the attribute (stage/gate).

* Begin of the insertionThe assignmentEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion Open:

* Can a work package be assigned to multiple stages?

* If yes, how would this affect scheduling? Would packages that start "As soon as possible" that don't have a predecessor take the start dateEnd of the deletion of Begin of the insertionstages and gates does not impact scheduling.

End of the insertion Begin of the deletion the earliest available stage?

* Can a work package be assigned to a gate (checklist items)?

End of the deletion * Work packages can be filtered for stages and gates (similar to versions).


**Out of scope**

* Dedicated end point for start and finish date of a project

* Project types

* Automatic scheduling and duration

* Inheritance/sharing

* Timeline/Gantt


<figure class="image op-uc-figure"><div class="op-uc-figure--content"><img class="op-uc-image" src="/api/v3/attachments/66586/content"></div><figcaption class="op-uc-figure--description">Darstellung von Phasen und Meilensteinen in der Projektliste</figcaption></figure>

**Figma and visuals**

https://www.figma.com/design/4Z950sfYbceOqUN6sFV7Mr/Project-management%3A-Stages-and-Gates?t=S1AJidP1XbNcxlEm-0