This qualifier tells in which state the task is. Task life cicle will occur changing from state to state. In step 1, task status changing is free.

The default status set can be changed altering database, or setting a new value set for that project instance.

Default values are :

• PLANNED: task is scheduled (with or without dates).
• STARTED: task is on work.
• BLOCKED: something externally blocks our work. We wait for issue resolution.
• DELAYED: we decided to suspend our work for this task.
• COMPLETE: task is complete. No more work to do.
• ABANDONED: task is over. No more work to do and result is not significant.

Step 2 may add some formal "workflow" feature for managing task life cycle control.