A project is the primary unit of scope in Regnora — every gap analysis, document, and agent lives inside one, and switching the active project switches every view in the sidebar at once. This guide covers creating a project, the difference between internal and external projects, switching between them, and managing them afterwards.

## Creating a project

From the **Projects** list, start a new project. Regnora asks for a few things in two short steps:

1. **Type and details.** Choose **Internal** (your own organisation's compliance work) or **External** (a client, auditor, or partner engagement), then give the project a **name**. For an external project you also attach a **project organisation** — the outside party the engagement is about — either by picking an existing one or adding a new one with a name and website URL. When you reuse an existing organisation you can also copy across the profile data already filled in for it.
2. **Access.** Organisation owners and admins always have access by default; this step is where you add any other members who should see the project. You can also do this later — see [Members, roles & permissions](/guides/members-roles-and-permissions/).

Select **Create project** to finish. Only organisation owners can create external projects.

**Manage:** [Projects](https://app.regnora.com/projects)

## Internal vs external projects

The two types exist to keep work that should stay separate from getting tangled together.

- An **internal** project is your organisation's own compliance work — your ISO 27001 ISMS, your quality management system. Every organisation has at least one default internal project.
- An **external** project is tied to an outside organisation — a client whose system you're assessing, an auditor you're sharing evidence with, a supplier you're reviewing. External projects are grouped under the organisation they belong to.

Both behave the same way once created; the type just determines how they're labelled and grouped, and whether they're attached to an external organisation. The [Core concepts](/get-started/core-concepts/#projects) page covers the model in more depth.

## Switching the active project

The project switcher in the header is how you move between projects. It groups them into your **internal** projects, your **external** projects (grouped by organisation), and anything **shared with you** as a guest from another organisation.

Switching the active project re-scopes the whole app: every page — documents, frameworks, gap analyses — reloads against the project you picked. There's no cross-project view of evidence or analyses, so make sure the right project is active before you start work.

## Managing projects

Project settings live under the organisation **Settings**, where projects are grouped by type. Each project shows its creation date and counts for frameworks, documents, gap analyses, and members. From there you can:

- **Rename** a project.
- **Manage members** (if you're an admin or owner).
- **Delete** a project — though the default internal project can't be deleted.

For external projects, you can also edit the underlying organisation's name and website URL from its group header.

**Manage:** [Projects](https://app.regnora.com/projects)