# Project Management

## How To Change the Project Status

| ### What to do:
| Select Start > Projects. The Project mask is opened.
| Search for PRJ-1100 Ball Pen.
| To view the current project status, select Organization > Status > Show from the context menu. The current status is displayed in the footer, e.g.:
| Possible status changes depend on the selected review release. Changing the review release requires manager access permissions.
| Select Organization > Status > Change from the context menu. A selection box appears. Only those status changes are displayed, which are planned for the current status in the selected review release.
| Select the status 120 | In Approval.
| To save the entry click .
| Repeat steps 3 - 5 for all projects until 230 | Released is reached. A project with subordinate projects can only be released if all subordinate projects have been released. When changing to the release status a window is opened which can be used to change the validity time.
| Enter the current date e.g. 05/030/2005 as a value for Valid from and 01/01/3000 as a value for Valid to. The values are applied to the Valid from/to fields in the General Data tab.
| To save the entry click .
| Open the Project mask with PRJ-1100 Ball Pen. In the mask the review release must have the state Released and the validity time must be between 05.03.2005 and 01.01.3000.