docs/system-admin-guide/projects/README.md

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  title: Projects
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description: Adjusting settings for projects in your instance, including defaults for new projects, project attributes and project lists.
keywords: project settings, project attributes, project lists, configuration, new projects
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# Projects

The **Projects** page lets you configure settings for projects in your instance, including default settings for new projects, project attributes and project lists.

> [!NOTE]
> These settings moved from *Administration → System settings → Projects* to now *Administration → Projects* in version 14.0.

| Topic                                                       | Content                                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Project life cycle](project-life-cycle)                    | Define and manage project phases and set phase gates in OpenProject |
| [Project attributes](project-attributes)                    | View, create and modify project attributes in OpenProject    |
| [New project](new-project)                                  | Choose which modules are enabled by default for new projects and what roles are given to non-admin users who create a project |
| [Project lists](project-lists)                              | Define which project attributes should be visible as columns in the cross-project global project lists and Gantt views |
| [Reserved project identifiers](reserved-project-identifiers) | Release reserved project identifiers that are no longer needed. |
Docs for project attributes (including Project overview and new Projects admin menu) (#15345 ) 2024-04-23 14:31:38 +02:00			`---`
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final 14.0 docs changes (#15361 ) 2024-04-23 22:24:36 +02:00			`title: Projects`
system guide update 2024-07-31 09:59:05 +02:00			`priority: 970`
Docs for project attributes (including Project overview and new Projects admin menu) (#15345 ) 2024-04-23 14:31:38 +02:00			`description: Adjusting settings for projects in your instance, including defaults for new projects, project attributes and project lists.`
			`keywords: project settings, project attributes, project lists, configuration, new projects`
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final 14.0 docs changes (#15361 ) 2024-04-23 22:24:36 +02:00			`# Projects`
Docs for project attributes (including Project overview and new Projects admin menu) (#15345 ) 2024-04-23 14:31:38 +02:00
			`The Projects page lets you configure settings for projects in your instance, including default settings for new projects, project attributes and project lists.`

admin guide changes 2024-07-31 15:03:29 +02:00			`> [!NOTE]`
			`> These settings moved from Administration → System settings → Projects to now Administration → Projects in version 14.0.`
Docs for project attributes (including Project overview and new Projects admin menu) (#15345 ) 2024-04-23 14:31:38 +02:00
[DOCU-816] 17.5 work package identifiers https://community.openproje … (#23503 ) 2026-06-03 16:55:42 +02:00			`\| Topic \| Content \|`
			`\| ----------------------------------------------------------- \| ------------------------------------------------------------ \|`
			`\| [Project life cycle](project-life-cycle) \| Define and manage project phases and set phase gates in OpenProject \|`
			`\| [Project attributes](project-attributes) \| View, create and modify project attributes in OpenProject \|`
			`\| [New project](new-project) \| Choose which modules are enabled by default for new projects and what roles are given to non-admin users who create a project \|`
			`\| [Project lists](project-lists) \| Define which project attributes should be visible as columns in the cross-project global project lists and Gantt views \|`
			`\| [Reserved project identifiers](reserved-project-identifiers) \| Release reserved project identifiers that are no longer needed. \|`