This course is for all of the small firm architects (new and seasoned) who are looking for a better way to manage their company and projects.

Think about your current management system and see how many questions you can answer with a 'yes':

• Is there one master schedule that shows project and proposal deadlines?
• Does the master schedule automatically update if a change is made to the individual project schedule?
• When looking at your master schedule can you click on a project name and be taken the to the project task list?
• Do you have a Current Projects List?
• Do you have a dashboard that tells you how many projects the company is working on and how many are on hold?
• Are you able to create assign tasks to staff members and have an automated email sent to them with their tasks?
• Do you know how many proposals you sent out last month and how that compares to previous months?
• Does your system calculate your hit rate?

I used to spend at least 2 hours a week just finding and formatting project schedules and task lists. Smartsheet saves me over 8 hours a month on:

• Relaying to my team where information is stored
• Double entering project schedule info into a master project schedule
• Creating gantt charts to communicate with the client

This course is for you if:

• You don't have a way to track the master schedule.
• You feel like you can't take a vacation because the office would collapse without you telling people what to do.
• You're in the software hole where you've outgrown Asana, Basecamp & Instagantt but you're not ready to invest in BQE Core, Frank, Jira Deltek or Mavenlink.
• You're looking for a software that can serve as a company intranet and database so you can input something once and have it change globally.
• You're tired of not know which staff is working on what project
• You want pre-set templates so you don't have to start from scratch.

This course is NOT for you if:

• You love your current project management process
• You want a 100% free software that does everything for you
• You absolutely hate spreadsheets with a fiery rage

Not sure yet? Check out our website for other resources and information about project management.