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Add a "Projected Date" field to the version, to allow the differentiation between when a version is due and when it is expected to be delivered.

Currently versions only have a Due Date field, so if a project falls behind schedule (or gets ahead of schedule, if that is even possible) users do not know when to anticipate the release of the version. Managers are always asking for a revised schedule, and yet changing due dates to reflect the new schedule would cause the user to lose visibility of performance compared to the initial project schedule.

If a "Projected Date" field were added, it could be displayed on the Roadmap in addition to the Due Date, which could then serve as a deliverable for a revised schedule, and still preserve the visibility against the initial schedule.

Another, perhaps more work intensive, use of this field would be to give the user a combo box that would allow them to choose either the Due Dates or Projected Dates when displaying the Gantt chart.