What is task status

Using task status, it is possible to indicate a task’s progress. This means that you can indicate whether a task has not yet started, if it is actively being worked on, whether it is temporarily set on hold, or if it is completed.

Task status is primarily designed to permit the supervisor to easily allow or block time registration on the project, and also from a project-related perspective, to keep track of which activities are started, which are completed, etc. In some reports, the task status is used as a filter, so you can focus on tasks with a specific status.

Each status indication has an impact on whether time can be recorded on the task. Additionally, a status indication has an influence on the revenue recognition of the work on fixed price tasks, if you do not use the extension TimeLog EVM. Read more about this in section 3.2.4 Completed.

The project’s status, in some cases, affects the status of all tasks. When the project status changes to Completed or Archived, the status of all project tasks is set to Completed, except for the tasks that have been canceled. See Figure 6.