Sorted object list

Hello, I've got a generic question. In my wiki I'm using many sorted lists. But there must be a smarter way of creating these lists then what I'm doing now. Currently I'm doing the following: Form 1 used to fill out object of type Project, with several attributes such as the project name and status. On a overview page I want to order the projects by name based on their status. This will create something like: - active: - project1 - project4 - closed: - project2 - project5 - deprecated: - project3 In which all the projects are links to the pages of the projects, containing all the project information. Has anybody any idea of a smart way of doing this. Currently I'm looping through all project objects for every possible status. This is way too much overhead. Thanks, Joep