# Create and track a module across cycles > How a module tracks one part of a project, from creating it to following it across cycles. Lesson 4 of 10 in Plane 101 · 3:34 · [Watch the lesson](https://academy.plane.so/videos/modules) ## Chapters - [0:00](https://academy.plane.so/videos/modules?t=0) What a module is - [0:31](https://academy.plane.so/videos/modules?t=31) Create a module - [1:25](https://academy.plane.so/videos/modules?t=85) Add work to a module - [2:13](https://academy.plane.so/videos/modules?t=133) Track a module - [3:00](https://academy.plane.so/videos/modules?t=180) Follow a module across cycles - [3:17](https://academy.plane.so/videos/modules?t=197) Recap ## What a module is A module is one part of a project, like a feature or a component. Its work items set the scope. Its lead and members are the people responsible for it. Its progress shows how much is done. Cycles split a project by time. Modules split it by what you're building. One module can run across many cycles, and a work item can belong to more than one module. ## Create a module An admin turns modules on for each project in **Project settings**, under **Features**, then **Modules**. Turn on **Enable modules** to give the project a **Modules** tab next to **Cycles**. 1. In the **Modules** tab, click **Add Module**. 2. Give the module a title. 3. Add a description and dates if you have them, now or later. 4. Choose a lead and add the people working on it as members. 5. Click **Create Module**. Only the title is required. Set the module's status from its status menu: **Backlog**, **Planned**, **In Progress**, **Paused**, **Completed**, or **Cancelled**. Dates never change a module's status. Contributors can create modules and add work to any of them. Only admins and the person who created a module can edit or delete it. ## Add work to a module 1. Open the module from the **Modules** tab. 2. Click **Add existing work item**. 3. Select the work items to add, then click **Add selected work items**. The picker lists everything that is not in this module yet, including work that already belongs to another module. A work item sits in one cycle at a time, but it can belong to several modules. You can also choose modules from a work item's **Modules** property. Any work item you create inside a module joins it. Outside a module, you can filter or group the project's work items by module. ## Track a module A module's status is set by the team, while its progress comes from the work. Only work in the **Completed** state group counts as done, and Plane leaves cancelled work out of the count. Click the module's info icon to open its details, with its status, dates, lead, members, and links to specs and designs. The **Timeline** layout lays modules out by date so you can see where they overlap. When a module is finished, set its status to **Completed**. Completed and cancelled modules can be archived and restored later from the project's **Archives**. ## Follow a module across cycles 1. Open the module. 2. Switch to the **Board** layout. 3. Open **Display**, then under **Group by**, choose **Cycle**. The board shows the same feature across its cycles. ## Try it Create a module, add existing work items to it, then open its board and group by cycle in Display. ## Docs - [Modules](https://docs.plane.so/core-concepts/modules) ## Transcript ### What a module is In Plane, a module is one part of a project, like a feature or a component. Its work items set the scope. Its lead and members are the people responsible for it. And its progress shows how much of it is done. Cycles split a project by time. Modules split it by what you're building. One module can run across many cycles, and a work item can sit in more than one module. Let's take a closer look. ### Create a module An admin turns modules on for each project, in Project settings, under Features, then Modules. They get their own tab, next to Cycles. To create one, click Add Module. Only the title is required, and you can add a description and dates now or later. Choose a lead, and add the people working on it as members. A module's status is yours to set: Backlog, Planned, In Progress, Paused, Completed, or Cancelled. Unlike a cycle's status, it never changes with the dates. Contributors can create modules and add work to any of them. Only admins and the person who created a module can edit or delete it. ### Add work to a module Open PDF export to add the work it covers. Add existing work item lists everything that isn't in this module yet, even work that already belongs to another module. A work item sits in one cycle at a time, but it can belong to several modules. CORE-30 is in the Reports launch cycle, and in two modules: Scheduled reports and PDF export. You can also pick modules from any work item, in its Modules property. And any work item you create inside a module joins it. Outside a module, you can also filter or group the project's work items by module. ### Track a module A module's status is what the team says. Its progress is what the work says. Only work in the Completed state group counts as done, and Plane leaves cancelled work out of the count. Scheduled reports is 25 % done. Open a module's details to see its status, dates, lead, and members, with links to the specs and designs behind it. The Timeline layout lays your modules out by date, so you can see where they overlap. When a module is finished, set it to Completed. You can archive completed and cancelled modules, and restore them later from the project's Archives. ### Follow a module across cycles To see a module across its cycles, open Scheduled reports, and in Display, group its board by cycle. The same feature, spread across four cycles: one finished, one running, and two still to come. ### Recap A module's work items set the scope. Its lead and members are responsible for it. And its progress shows how much is done, however many cycles it takes.