diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_card_list_item.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_card_list_item.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d946594a0690e15e4603e0373620dd3a1a662d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_card_list_item.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<script>
+import Icon from '~/vue_shared/components/icon.vue';
+import { GlButton } from '@gitlab/ui';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'StageCardListItem',
+  components: {
+    Icon,
+    GlButton,
+  },
+  props: {
+    isActive: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    canEdit: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: false,
+      required: false,
+    },
+  },
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div :class="{ active: isActive }" class="stage-nav-item d-flex pl-4 pr-4 m-0 mb-1 ml-2 rounded">
+    <slot></slot>
+    <div v-if="canEdit" class="dropdown">
+      <gl-button
+        :title="__('More actions')"
+        class="more-actions-toggle btn btn-transparent p-0"
+        data-toggle="dropdown"
+      >
+        <icon css-classes="icon" name="ellipsis_v" />
+      </gl-button>
+      <ul class="more-actions-dropdown dropdown-menu dropdown-open-left">
+        <slot name="dropdown-options"></slot>
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_nav_item.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_nav_item.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..004d335f57284694c879710262d4fdbddf3c8758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_nav_item.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<script>
+import StageCardListItem from './stage_card_list_item.vue';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'StageNavItem',
+  components: {
+    StageCardListItem,
+  },
+  props: {
+    isDefaultStage: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: false,
+      required: false,
+    },
+    isActive: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: false,
+      required: false,
+    },
+    isUserAllowed: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    title: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    value: {
+      type: String,
+      default: '',
+      required: false,
+    },
+    canEdit: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: false,
+      required: false,
+    },
+  },
+  computed: {
+    hasValue() {
+      return this.value && this.value.length > 0;
+    },
+    editable() {
+      return this.isUserAllowed && this.canEdit;
+    },
+  },
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <li @click="$emit('select')">
+    <stage-card-list-item :is-active="isActive" :can-edit="editable">
+      <div class="stage-nav-item-cell stage-name p-0" :class="{ 'font-weight-bold': isActive }">
+        {{ title }}
+      </div>
+      <div class="stage-nav-item-cell stage-median mr-4">
+        <template v-if="isUserAllowed">
+          <span v-if="hasValue">{{ value }}</span>
+          <span v-else class="stage-empty">{{ __('Not enough data') }}</span>
+        </template>
+        <template v-else>
+          <span class="not-available">{{ __('Not available') }}</span>
+        </template>
+      </div>
+      <template v-slot:dropdown-options>
+        <template v-if="isDefaultStage">
+          <li>
+            <button type="button" class="btn-default btn-transparent">
+              {{ __('Hide stage') }}
+            </button>
+          </li>
+        </template>
+        <template v-else>
+          <li>
+            <button type="button" class="btn-default btn-transparent">
+              {{ __('Edit stage') }}
+            </button>
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <button type="button" class="btn-danger danger">
+              {{ __('Remove stage') }}
+            </button>
+          </li>
+        </template>
+      </template>
+    </stage-card-list-item>
+  </li>
+</template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js
index 671405602cc78a81c0cce9cfb12263899b99fc6d..b3ae47af750608439138d58bf5369beb1accb39b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/cycle_analytics_bundle.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import stageComponent from './components/stage_component.vue';
 import stageReviewComponent from './components/stage_review_component.vue';
 import stageStagingComponent from './components/stage_staging_component.vue';
 import stageTestComponent from './components/stage_test_component.vue';
+import stageNavItem from './components/stage_nav_item.vue';
 import CycleAnalyticsService from './cycle_analytics_service';
 import CycleAnalyticsStore from './cycle_analytics_store';
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export default () => {
         import('ee_component/analytics/shared/components/projects_dropdown_filter.vue'),
       DateRangeDropdown: () =>
         import('ee_component/analytics/shared/components/date_range_dropdown.vue'),
+      'stage-nav-item': stageNavItem,
     },
     mixins: [filterMixins],
     data() {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss
index 2b932d164a5c2ad4ce551e2e91edde3d0729ca64..d80155a416d6b1d613a8a4b74a417fcd56e7bc72 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss
@@ -51,27 +51,19 @@
     }
 
     .stage-header {
-      width: 26%;
-      padding-left: $gl-padding;
+      width: 18.5%;
     }
 
     .median-header {
-      width: 14%;
+      width: 21.5%;
     }
 
     .event-header {
       width: 45%;
-      padding-left: $gl-padding;
     }
 
     .total-time-header {
       width: 15%;
-      text-align: right;
-      padding-right: $gl-padding;
-    }
-
-    .stage-name {
-      font-weight: $gl-font-weight-bold;
     }
   }
 
@@ -153,23 +145,13 @@
     }
 
     .stage-nav-item {
-      display: flex;
       line-height: 65px;
-      border-top: 1px solid transparent;
-      border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
-      border-right: 1px solid $border-color;
-      background-color: $gray-light;
+      border: 1px solid $border-color;
 
       &.active {
-        background-color: transparent;
-        border-right-color: transparent;
-        border-top-color: $border-color;
-        border-bottom-color: $border-color;
-        box-shadow: inset 2px 0 0 0 $blue-500;
-
-        .stage-name {
-          font-weight: $gl-font-weight-bold;
-        }
+        background: $blue-50;
+        border-color: $blue-300;
+        box-shadow: inset 4px 0 0 0 $blue-500;
       }
 
       &:hover:not(.active) {
@@ -178,24 +160,12 @@
         cursor: pointer;
       }
 
-      &:first-child {
-        border-top: 0;
-      }
-
-      &:last-child {
-        border-bottom: 0;
-      }
-
-      .stage-nav-item-cell {
-        &.stage-median {
-          margin-left: auto;
-          margin-right: $gl-padding;
-          min-width: calc(35% - #{$gl-padding});
-        }
+      .stage-nav-item-cell.stage-name {
+        width: 44.5%;
       }
 
-      .stage-name {
-        padding-left: 16px;
+      .stage-nav-item-cell.stage-median {
+        min-width: 43%;
       }
 
       .stage-empty,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml
index 59f0afd59e62fc130311b1a8737a04ed25618f95..2b594c125f41e83438a658a1a4ea041de7b6faef 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/cycle_analytics/show.html.haml
@@ -34,40 +34,29 @@
                       {{ n__('Last %d day', 'Last %d days', 90) }}
     .stage-panel-container
       .card.stage-panel
-        .card-header
+        .card-header.border-bottom-0
           %nav.col-headers
             %ul
-              %li.stage-header
-                %span.stage-name
+              %li.stage-header.pl-5
+                %span.stage-name.font-weight-bold
                   {{ s__('ProjectLifecycle|Stage') }}
                 %i.has-tooltip.fa.fa-question-circle{ "data-placement" => "top", title: _("The phase of the development lifecycle."), "aria-hidden" => "true" }
               %li.median-header
-                %span.stage-name
+                %span.stage-name.font-weight-bold
                   {{ __('Median') }}
                 %i.has-tooltip.fa.fa-question-circle{ "data-placement" => "top", title: _("The value lying at the midpoint of a series of observed values. E.g., between 3, 5, 9, the median is 5. Between 3, 5, 7, 8, the median is (5+7)/2 = 6."), "aria-hidden" => "true" }
-              %li.event-header
-                %span.stage-name
+              %li.event-header.pl-3
+                %span.stage-name.font-weight-bold
                   {{ currentStage ? __(currentStage.legend) : __('Related Issues') }}
                 %i.has-tooltip.fa.fa-question-circle{ "data-placement" => "top", title: _("The collection of events added to the data gathered for that stage."), "aria-hidden" => "true" }
-              %li.total-time-header
-                %span.stage-name
+              %li.total-time-header.pr-5.text-right
+                %span.stage-name.font-weight-bold
                   {{ __('Total Time') }}
                 %i.has-tooltip.fa.fa-question-circle{ "data-placement" => "top", title: _("The time taken by each data entry gathered by that stage."), "aria-hidden" => "true" }
         .stage-panel-body
           %nav.stage-nav
             %ul
-              %li.stage-nav-item{ ':class' => '{ active: stage.active }', '@click' => 'selectStage(stage)', "v-for" => "stage in state.stages" }
-                .stage-nav-item-cell.stage-name
-                  {{ stage.title }}
-                .stage-nav-item-cell.stage-median
-                  %template{ "v-if" => "stage.isUserAllowed" }
-                    %span{ "v-if" => "stage.value" }
-                      {{ stage.value }}
-                    %span.stage-empty{ "v-else" => true }
-                      {{ __('Not enough data') }}
-                  %template{ "v-else" => true }
-                    %span.not-available
-                      {{ __('Not available') }}
+              %stage-nav-item{ "v-for" => "stage in state.stages", ":key" => '`ca-stage-title-${stage.title}`', '@select' => 'selectStage(stage)', ":title" => "stage.title", ":is-user-allowed" => "stage.isUserAllowed", ":value" => "stage.value", ":is-active" => "stage.active" }
           .section.stage-events
             %template{ "v-if" => "isLoadingStage" }
               = icon("spinner spin")
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 0ed9ed1768526a163e5b39971b5efa8c8c236ed2..d06ea9e85ff0f46b98e565ed19e46e189f5e811c 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -5209,6 +5209,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Edit public deploy key"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Edit stage"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Edit wiki page"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -7698,6 +7701,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Hide shared projects"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Hide stage"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Hide value"
 msgid_plural "Hide values"
 msgstr[0] ""
@@ -12363,6 +12369,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Remove spent time"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Remove stage"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Remove time estimate"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/frontend/cycle_analytics/stage_nav_item_spec.js b/spec/frontend/cycle_analytics/stage_nav_item_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff079082ca7553dd776d54ba5adfe8e3dca6d523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/frontend/cycle_analytics/stage_nav_item_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+import { mount, shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import StageNavItem from '~/cycle_analytics/components/stage_nav_item.vue';
+
+describe('StageNavItem', () => {
+  let wrapper = null;
+  const title = 'Cool stage';
+  const value = '1 day';
+
+  function createComponent(props, shallow = true) {
+    const func = shallow ? shallowMount : mount;
+    return func(StageNavItem, {
+      propsData: {
+        canEdit: false,
+        isActive: false,
+        isUserAllowed: false,
+        isDefaultStage: true,
+        title,
+        value,
+        ...props,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  function hasStageName() {
+    const stageName = wrapper.find('.stage-name');
+    expect(stageName.exists()).toBe(true);
+    expect(stageName.text()).toEqual(title);
+  }
+
+  it('renders stage name', () => {
+    wrapper = createComponent({ isUserAllowed: true });
+    hasStageName();
+    wrapper.destroy();
+  });
+
+  describe('User has access', () => {
+    describe('with a value', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        wrapper = createComponent({ isUserAllowed: true });
+      });
+
+      afterEach(() => {
+        wrapper.destroy();
+      });
+      it('renders the value for median value', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.find('.stage-empty').exists()).toBe(false);
+        expect(wrapper.find('.not-available').exists()).toBe(false);
+        expect(wrapper.find('.stage-median').text()).toEqual(value);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('without a value', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        wrapper = createComponent({ isUserAllowed: true, value: null });
+      });
+
+      afterEach(() => {
+        wrapper.destroy();
+      });
+
+      it('has the stage-empty class', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.find('.stage-empty').exists()).toBe(true);
+      });
+
+      it('renders Not enough data for the median value', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.find('.stage-median').text()).toEqual('Not enough data');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('is active', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wrapper = createComponent({ isActive: true }, false);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      wrapper.destroy();
+    });
+    it('has the active class', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.find('.stage-nav-item').classes('active')).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('is not active', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wrapper = createComponent();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      wrapper.destroy();
+    });
+    it('emits the `select` event when clicked', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.emitted().select).toBeUndefined();
+      wrapper.trigger('click');
+      expect(wrapper.emitted().select.length).toBe(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('User does not have access', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wrapper = createComponent({ isUserAllowed: false }, false);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      wrapper.destroy();
+    });
+    it('renders stage name', () => {
+      hasStageName();
+    });
+
+    it('has class not-available', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.find('.stage-empty').exists()).toBe(false);
+      expect(wrapper.find('.not-available').exists()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('renders Not available for the median value', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.find('.stage-median').text()).toBe('Not available');
+    });
+    it('does not render options menu', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.find('.more-actions-toggle').exists()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('User can edit stages', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wrapper = createComponent({ canEdit: true, isUserAllowed: true }, false);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      wrapper.destroy();
+    });
+    it('renders stage name', () => {
+      hasStageName();
+    });
+
+    it('renders options menu', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.find('.more-actions-toggle').exists()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    describe('Default stages', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        wrapper = createComponent(
+          { canEdit: true, isUserAllowed: true, isDefaultStage: true },
+          false,
+        );
+      });
+      it('can hide the stage', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('Hide stage');
+      });
+      it('can not edit the stage', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.text()).not.toContain('Edit stage');
+      });
+      it('can not remove the stage', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.text()).not.toContain('Remove stage');
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('Custom stages', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        wrapper = createComponent(
+          { canEdit: true, isUserAllowed: true, isDefaultStage: false },
+          false,
+        );
+      });
+      it('can edit the stage', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('Edit stage');
+      });
+      it('can remove the stage', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('Remove stage');
+      });
+
+      it('can not hide the stage', () => {
+        expect(wrapper.text()).not.toContain('Hide stage');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});