# About Projects Projects are the central element of collaboration in ]project-open[. You can use projects to define groups of people who are working together on a common goal. You can also use projects as the primary unit of accounting that allows you to register the cost of the project members activity. The diagram below shows a a number of activities related to a specific project. What do you want to do? [oh_folder_content projects] About Project Properties Creating a new Project Adding members to a Project Closing a Project