A case may have the following statuses:

 Draft
 Opened
 Suspended
 Closed (concluded)
 Merged (with another case)
 Deleted (to the trash bin, non-statistical)

A new case may have one of the following statuses:

 Draft
 Opened

When the case is created, should a new follow-up regarding the status change be made? (same problem with case ’stage’).

The admin of a case can make the following case status changes:

 From draft: opened, merged, closed, deleted
 From opened: suspended, closed, merged, deleted
 From suspended: opened, closed, merged, deleted
 From closed: re-opened, deleted
 From merged: none?
 From deleted: re-opened

Should the ’merge’ option allow ’un-merge’?

Information saved when changing the status

Here is an example of lcm_followup entry:

The "status" field of lcm_case will also be updated (the case status field is redundant, but saves times when listing cases).