Project life cycle

Project phases are defined in system administration.

Customize project life cycle
This feature is an Enterprise add-on and can only be used with Enterprise cloud or Enterprise on-premises in plans Premium, Corporate.
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You can enable or disable existing project phases by navigating to Project settings → Project life cycle.

  • Use the toggle switch next to each phase to enable or disable it individually.
  • To enable or disable all phases at once, use the Enable all and Disable all options in the top-right corner of the Phases overview.
  • Use the search bar to quickly locate specific phases.

Project life cycle under project settings in OpenProject listing all available project phases

Note

A dedicated project permission is required to enable project phases.

When copying a project, the active status of all phases and phase gates is preserved.