# Feature SPAR-103 - Allow "Start as soon as possible" to align with project or stage start dates

Project: Stream Planning and Reporting
Status: in specification
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/SPAR-103

## Planning

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Date |  |
| Priority | Medium |
| Target versions | Wish List |
| Votes |  |
| List |  |
| Roadmap |  |
| Relevance |  |

## OPEN POINTS / FEEDBACK

_No work packages_

## Features and Chunks

_No work packages_

## Bugs and other work packages

_No work packages_

## Technical Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Module | Modules and project features / Project lifecyle - phases and gates, Modules and project features / Relations and scheduling |
| Feature Flag |  |
| Requires doc change | Yes |
| Enterprise plan |  |

## Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pull preview |  |
| Mockups |  |
| Accessibility | No |

## People

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Assignee |  |
| Accountable |  |
| Product manager |  |
| Developers | OP Dev Sirius Team |
| Designer |  |
| Ordered by |  |
| Signed off by |  |
| Interest by |  |

## Estimates and progress

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| PD (min) |  |
| PD (max) |  |
| Work |  |
| Labor costs |  |

## Description

**As** a project member  
**I want to** be able to schedule work packages within a stage such that, when a work package does not have a predecessor, it automatically snaps to the stage or project start date  
**so that** I can have automatically scheduled work packages without predecessors.

**Note**

This requires the stages and gates feature to have first been implemented: <mention class="mention" data-id="49693" data-type="work_package" data-text="##49693">##49693</mention>

**Acceptance criteria**

  - Allow users to select the "Start as soon as possible" scheduling mode even when the current work package does not have predecessors
    
      - If the work package belongs to a stage, snap the work package to the stage start date (it inherts the date)
    
      - If the work package does not belong to a stage, snap the work package to the project start date