# Projects & environments

> Organising flags into projects and environments.

Projects and environments are how you organise flags in the dashboard. This page
walks through both.

## Projects

A **project** groups related flags — typically one project per application or
service. Create one from the **Projects** page; give it a name (e.g. `web-app`).
Flags live inside a project and are referenced by key, so two projects can each
have their own `new_checkout` without collision.

Projects belong to a **team** (your account starts with a personal one). If
you're working with a team, everyone in the team sees its projects; what they
can change depends on their role (Admin / Editor / Viewer).

## Environments

Open a project and go to its **Environments** tab. Every project is created with
two environments:

- **`development`** — for local and pre-production work.
- **`production`** — for live traffic.

Each environment is an independent set of flag values with its own
[SDK key](/docs/concepts/environments). The same flag can be on in `development`
and off in `production`.

![The Environments tab, showing development and production each with its own SDK key and connection status](/docs-img/environments.png "Each environment has its own SDK key, copy/rotate controls, and a live connection badge.")

### Managing environments

- **Add** — create more environments (e.g. `staging`, `qa`). Names are free-form.
- **Rename** — names are just labels; renaming doesn't change the SDK key.
- **Reorder** — drag environments to set the order they appear across the UI.
- **Delete** — remove an environment you no longer need. You can't delete the last
  one — a project always has at least one environment.

When you add an environment, Switchbox creates the flag rows for it automatically:
every existing flag gets an entry in the new environment, inheriting sensible
defaults until you target it.

## Next

- [Creating & editing flags](/docs/dashboard/flags) — add flags to a project.
- [Rotating an SDK key](/docs/dashboard/sdk-keys) — when a key needs to change.