What is the project status?

Using the project status, it is possible to specify the project’s order and delivery-related progress in relation to the customer. This means that you can indicate whether the project is in the quotation stage, if the offer is approved, the work commenced, completed, etc.

The primary purpose of indicating project status is

• to clarify where the project is in the delivery process.
• to make it possible to search for (or filter) projects based on their location in the delivery process.
• to provide an easy management of access to time registration in relation to the project's location in the delivery process. 

In TimeLog’s reports, the project status is used as a filter, so that you can focus on projects with a specific status.

Each status also affects whether time and expenses can be registered to the project. This makes it easy to remove the project from the employees' weekly timesheets if the project is either paused or completed.

The individual tasks in a project have an additional status that, in some cases, is affected by the status change. For example, if all tasks’ status are changed to Completed when the project is about to be completed, the termination process becomes quick and easy.