Automatic Status Update When Specific Tasks are Completed

[#1]

It would be nice if after a specific milestone is completed (or group of tasks), that the overall project status would update automatically to something predefined/specified. I know this feature exists to change the project status to complete, but it would be very helpful for other points during the project.

[#2]

Our users would like that as well!

[#3]

I believe in the Project Settings there's an "Completion Mode" that you can set to "Automatic" but by default it is always "Manual"... It would be wonderful if we can set to default to always be "Automatic". Another good suggestion would be so the Project's status also automatically updates to "In Progress" as soon as a task on the project is started. This would help so much to keep Projects stay current, as Admins have to manually change the project status when team members start on their tasks.