The project dashboard

The dashboard is not a view for working on cards: it is the view for knowing how the project is doing without having to ask anyone. Read it top to bottom and in two minutes you have the state of play.

Who is working right now

At the top, a live strip says how many people are working at this moment, and below it there is one row per person: their avatar, a pulsing dot, the status they are in, the task they are on, and a running timer.

That comes from the timers in time tracking. Anyone who does not start their timer will not appear, even if they are working. This is not surveillance, it is a reflection of what the team logs.

The project summary

Five numbers: total tasks, pending, in progress, completed — with their share of the total — and overdue. Right below, an attention-required band with the urgent part: what is already overdue and what is due today.

If that band is lit every single day with the same numbers, the problem is not the dates: it is work nobody has looked at again.

Deliveries and closures

Two columns side by side. Upcoming deliveries lists what is coming with its list, its client label and how long it has been waiting. Recently completed shows what has been closed, struck through and dated.

The second one is worth more than it looks: it is what you tell a client on Friday.

The team

One row per person with the tasks assigned to them, the ones they have completed and their progress as a percentage bar, plus the project's total logged hours.

What it does not do

• It is read-only. Nothing is dragged or edited here; that is what Kanban and List are for.
• It summarises one project, not the whole workspace. Four projects means four dashboards.
• Online presence is not on every plan. Check the pricing table.

With the five views covered, next comes the engine feeding them: the Time and attendance guides.