**As a** project portfolio manager

**I want to** have a strong connection between stages and gates and further parts of the application

**So that I** can leverage the abilities of stages and gates throughout the project lifecycle. Begin of the deletion

#### Acceptance criteria

**Project overview**

* Automatic scheduling of other stages and gates upon updating dates of one stage/gate


**Work package**

* A stage/gate can be an attribute of a work package (similar to versions).

* A work package can be optionally assigned to stages and gates (no multi-select).

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

* The assignment of stages and gates does not impact scheduling.

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


**Activity**

* The activity page includes the changes to stages and gates 


**Out of scope**

* Everything in ##49693

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

* Project types

* Automatic scheduling and duration

* Inheritance/sharing

* Timeline/GanttEnd of the deletion