Motion's Adhoc Stages allow you to adapt to changing project requirements by adding stages to ongoing projects without disrupting your workflow. Maintain project flexibility while preserving the integrity of your templates, ensuring you can respond to unexpected needs without compromising structure.
Adapt to Changing Needs Without Compromising Structure
Projects rarely follow a perfectly linear path from start to finish—unexpected requirements emerge, additional review cycles become necessary, and new opportunities arise that weren't part of the original plan. That's why we're excited to introduce Adhoc Stages, a flexible enhancement to Motion that allows you to add new stages to ongoing projects as your needs evolve.
Let's explore what this means for your workflow!
What are Adhoc Stages?
Adhoc Stages provide the flexibility to adapt your projects in real-time without affecting your underlying templates. When a project requires an additional step that wasn't in the original plan—like an extra audit for compliance or another QA pass—you can now add a new stage directly to the project without disrupting your standardized templates.
Here's what you can do with Adhoc Stages:
- Respond to Emerging Requirements: Add stages for unexpected audit requests, additional reviews, special one-time client requests or new project components.
- Maintain Project-Specific Customizations: Make changes that affect only the current project without altering your templates.
- Preserve Template Integrity: Keep your standardized processes intact while allowing for project-specific flexibility.
- Evolve Projects Naturally: Let your projects grow organically as new needs arise during execution.
How to use Adhoc Stages in Motion
1. Adding a New Stage to Your Project
Adding a stage to an ongoing project is straightforward:
- Navigate to your project view
- Click the "Add Stage" button in the project side bar. Position the new stage where it makes sense in your workflow
- Name your stage, select a color, and set an expected duration
- Start adding tasks to your new stage
When you add an Adhoc Stage, Motion will notify you that this change affects only the current project and not the underlying template.
2. Positioning Your New Stage
Adhoc Stages are flexible but maintain logical workflow integrity:
- You can add a stage anywhere after the current active stage
- You can place the stage between existing stages or at the end of the project
- New stages cannot be positioned before completed stages or cancelled stages
3. Building Out Your New Stage
Once created, your new stage starts empty and ready for customization:
- Add tasks directly to populate your stage
- Assign team members as needed
- And since they're in motion its all auto-scheduled by default so your projects are up to date
4. Project-Specific Changes
A key feature of Adhoc Stages is project isolation:
🟢 Project-Only Changes: Adhoc Stages affect only the specific project where they're added
🔴 Template Protection: Your Project Workflow Templates remain unchanged, preserving standardization for future projects.
Start Using Adhoc Stages Today
Adhoc Stages are now rolling out available to all Motion users. The next time you need to adapt an ongoing project with an additional review, audit, or any new process step, you can add it seamlessly without disrupting your templates or other projects.
We can't wait to see how this new flexibility helps your teams adapt and succeed!
