Business model question

Hi ,
Have the following case (simplified) : 2 tables "projects", "project_details"; columns in project_details : status, modified_date, fk to organization(hierarchical org).
Basically I need to create a business model in "Oracle BI Administration Tool" that can deliver answers about time needed to get from some status to another ( for every project, as well as averages at organization level).
any idea is welcomed !
Thank you !

sorry for my late reply :
Q: are status changes stored as rows or columns ?
A: statuses are stored in "project_details" table , "status" column. project_details table has a record for every status a project ever had, along with a date.
Q : How many changes of status do you need to monitor ?
A: All of them , if possible...there are at least 20 possible statuses a project can have. And therefore more possible changes of status.
Q: step by step or start to finish?
A: step by step and start to finish.
my model should answer to questions like : how much time did projects stayed in some status....how much time from start to finish , or maybe even how much time from a status to another.
The business is not very clear about what it is wanted...but still, I need to provide them something. I'm thinking to simply define and compute on database side , in projects table (which would be a fact table) - so NOT in project_details, a lot of measures like "days_from_start_to_end", "days_NEW", "days_onHold" (and similar for each status)...but this will answer only some of the questions. for the questions about status changes, not sure if it is the best idea.
There is also a problem with the hierarchy of employees involved, simply because the hierarchy is not with a fixed number of levels, and in order to model it in Oracle BI I should come with a clear number of hierarchy levels.
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