A phase is a stage of the job — Concept Design, Design Development,
Procurement, Installation. Phases give the project a shape and drive the
timeline on the Overview.
Add a phase
From the project Overview, add a phase with:
Phases can overlap. Real projects do.
Reading the timeline
The Overview draws every phase as a bar across the months, with a vertical
marker on today. In one glance: what stage the project is in, what is
coming, and whether you have run over.
The project header shows the current phase as a chip beside the status, and
the top right of the timeline shows how long is left in it — 3d left ·
Concept Design · Due Jul 30.
Phase ends soon
When a phase is close to its end date, Atelier raises a Phase ends soon
card in Needs your attention on the Overview, with the number of days
and the date.
It is a nudge, not a blocker. Either the work is nearly done, or the dates
need moving — both are better decided now than at the end of the month.
Editing and reordering
Phases can be renamed, redated, recoloured and reordered at any time.
Changing dates redraws the timeline immediately and updates the phase chip
in the project header.
Set phases up when you create the project, even roughly. A timeline with
approximate dates is far more useful than an empty one, and it is what makes
the Overview worth opening.