With one exception (see box at right), changes to a given Project /wiki/spaces/FINOS/pages/75530756 can only be approved by the PMC of the Program that Project is hosted within - Projects cannot change their own status.
However such changes are usually instigated by the Project itself, when they request that the PMC approves a particular lifecycle change. In all cases, though especially Project's transitioning to the /wiki/spaces/FINOS/pages/75530371 state, sufficient evidence must be provided that the PMC can be certain that the Project team has met the requirements of the new lifecycle state (e.g. /wiki/spaces/FINOS/pages/75530363 and /wiki/spaces/FINOS/pages/75530376 checklists).
Working Groups are allowed to transition to /wiki/spaces/FINOS/pages/93290700 state and back again themselves, without PMC approval.
It is expected that the PMC be notified of such changes however, to support the PMC in meeting their /wiki/spaces/FINOS/pages/93225748.