# Epic SPPM-142 - Project templates with durations for phases

Project: Stream Project Portfolio Management
Status: specified
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/SPPM-142

## Detailed specification

### Motivation and background information

When creating new projects based on project templates the start and finish time is not clear. This feature facilitates the process of drafting a project timeline with only adding a project start date.

### Acceptance criteria

*   In a project template phases can have a relative duration, e.g.:
    
    *   Initiation: 10%
        
    *   Planning: 20%
        
    *   Excecuting: 60 %
        
    *   Closing: 10%
        
*   When a new project is initiated based on the template the relative durations of the phases are copied to the new project.
    
*   If the user then adds a project start date and a project finish date in the project overview the dates for the phases are automatically calculated based on this input.

### Out of scope

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Mockups |  |

## Planning

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

## Subitems

_No work packages_

## Bugs and other work packages

_No work packages_

## Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Module |  |
| Enterprise plan |  |
| Labels |  |

## People

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Assignee |  |
| Accountable |  |
| Product manager |  |
| Designer | Marc Alcobé |
| Developers | OP Dev Polaris Team |
| Requested by |  |
| Interest by |  |

## Estimates and progress

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Work | 40d 0h |

## Description

**As** a Project Portfolio Manager

**I want to** create project templates with project phases that have a duration but no project start date 

**so that** I can add the specific dates later once it is decided when the project starts.