Project status and project stages

Project status and project stages are used concurrently to keep track of project progress and status, in relation to order processing for the client, and the processes or gates that the projects go through internally, within the company. Project status and project stage are indicated independently of each other on each project, but there will often be a connection between the project’s current project status and project stage. For example, a project will typically have the project status In progress before the project enters a stage such as Design.

The illustration in Figure 1 shows eleven typical events/processes in a project’s lifecycle and the project status and project stage, which are often linked to each event or process. Note that project stages can be customised to each individual company. The project stages shown here are therefore just examples based on a typical development model in an IT company.