Run the Create project stages process to define and save project stages. When you create a project stage for a project, you are essentially creating a snapshot of all data as they exist at that moment. This means that for each project stage and for each project component, you can always check the status of the project at that particular time.
For example, you might want to create the following project stages: Offer issued, Order accepted, Production started, Production complete, Project delivered, etcetera. You can also define a general weekly or monthly status that is independent of the project phase. At a later time, you can view the development of a project by comparing the different project stages.
Reusing a project stage for a project
You can create multiple instances of a project stage for a project. This is very useful if, for example, you want to create a general 'Weekly status' for every week. This weekly status is defined with the corresponding date and time, which allows you to perform a time analysis on your project. This allows you to see, for instance, how the result forecast has developed over the weeks.
Defining project stages for multiple projects at a time
You can define a status for multiple projects at the same time. You can also configure the process to create periodic project stages automatically, for example once a week or once a month. This would enable you, for example, to use the batch server to automatically record a weekly status for all your current projects.