The status scores is a way to put a value on each status. This makes it possible to tell how valuable it is to have an issue in a particular status, where the lowest value is given to a status where the issue is not near completion an the higest value when the issue is in its ideal state.
The status scores are used when calculating the progress of a whole issuetracker.
If most issues are in a status with a high status score, it means that the whole issuetracker
is making good progress. This calculation is not very scientific because the dependencies on
people or software might be a cause of a low total score which might give a false image of
lack of progress.
This calculation will be shown on the More statistics page.