How do I automate project delivery, status updates and reporting?
Status reports and chasing tasks eat billable time. Much of it can be drafted for you.
- Status reports take hours.
- How do I keep projects on track?
- What can be automated?
Create project templates for your common engagements, with tasks and milestones. Use reminders for client tasks and deadlines. Draft weekly status updates from your project tool and meeting notes, then review and send. Track time against fixed-fee projects to learn which ones pay. Keep judgment and client conversations with you.
What to automate
| Task | Automate? |
|---|---|
| Project setup | Yes, from templates |
| Task reminders | Yes |
| Status update draft | Yes, you review |
| Time tracking | Partly |
| Recommendations | No |
How we look at it at ShoutEx
We connect project tools, notes and reporting so updates draft themselves.
- Building every project from scratch.
- Sending AI drafts unreviewed.
- No time data.
- Too many tools.
- Templates.
- Reviewed drafts.
- Time tracked.
- Connected tools.
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We'll connect your project tools and notes.
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Which project tool?
The one you'll use daily.
Can AI write deliverables?
Drafts, with your expertise added.
Should clients see the project tool?
A summary view is often better.