Discover how easy it is to use Synergy to manage your business and projects

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Discover how easy it is to use Synergy to manage your business and projects.

There are a few different ways to create a project, but the easiest is to select ‘Create’ on the dashboard.

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Enter the name of your project.

Select the office (if there are multiple).

Select the status of the project and the project type.

Select the rate group.

Select the start and end dates of the project.

You can add a scope of work now or later.

Then select your appropriate project template which contains all of your project stages.

Choose the right people for the job

Choose your project manager.

Select your primary contact.

Ensure the currency is correct.

Enter the site address.

Add any relevant tags to make it easier to find and categorise your projects.

If you have any extra data in your template it will appear here. In this case, adding a Director in Charge.

When you’re finished inputing all of your fields, click ‘Save’.

You can now see an overview of the project.

Click ‘Edit’ to view the Work breakdown.

The work stages are dictated by the template chosen when creating the project.

You can now assign Stages and Tasks to staff, add your fees and update the progress of your project.

Now your project is ready to take flight

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To find out more and discover the complete project workflow talk to us for a demo.

 

Deliver every project on time and budget with Synergy

Know exactly how projects are tracking at every stage. Monitor time against headway on site, manhours against availability, expenditure against estimates, all while keeping everyone aligned and focused. 

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Synergy helps you get organised

Know exactly where your project work and people stand at any stage and forecast your future. Keep everyone on track without extra meetings or emails. 

Projects

Drive project success with a work breakdown structure, and segment projects into stages, tasks and fee types.

 

  • Total project information management
  • Prepare accurate, case-based proposals
  • Billable and non-billable projects
  • Compare fees, WIP, budgets to invoices
  • Analyse profitability at multiple levels
  • Connect contacts by project relationship

Resource Planning

Make sure the right people are on the right jobs at the right time using a simple, yet highly visual, Gantt chart. 

 

  • Understand your capacity to deliver projects in your pipeline 
  • See staffing requirements by role 
  • Assign individual staff to stages based on role and utilisation 
  • See task allocation as a percentage of utilisation at an individual staff level 
  • Drag and drop Gantt chart for visual planning 
  • Dynamic, visual capacity graph for quick interpretation 

Forecasting

Peer into the future of all projects and see revenue estimates down to a stage level.

 

  • Understand your revenue forecast 
  • See an estimate of revenue across all projects 
  • See revenue at stage level 
  • Adjust percentage likelihood of winning projects with automatically updated revenue and capacity forecasts 
  • Drag and drop Gantt chart for visual planning 
  • Dynamic, visual revenue graph for quick interpretation 

Budget Planning

Manage your budget with internal costs, contractor costs, and expenses. Identify what parts of the budget are for real profit.

Task Management

Turn your long-term, broad-view planning into a more granular set of focus points.  

 

  • Keep track of important tasks that might otherwise go missing 
  • Allocate tasks to your team 
  • Check on the progress of tasks with ease 

Dashboards

Visualise important business and project information, and quickly identify areas that need attention or improvement. 

 

  • See tasks due 
  • See recent projects, documents and contacts 
  • Monitor KPIs 
  • Alerts for timesheets, WIP, debtors, etc. 
  • Customise dashboards 

Reports

Present organised data and drill-down reports for better business and project decisions.

 

  • Library of standard reports 
  • Share with selected staff 
  • Create PDFs or export to Excel 
  • Easy to filter, group and sort 
  • Create custom reports 
  • Modify existing reports, create new 

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Why Total Synergy?

Simplify Product Delivery

Free Your Team to Focus On What They Do Best: Delivering Great Projects

Reduce Project Risk

Reduce Project Risk with Real-Time Financial Insights.

Win the Right Projects

Win Projects That Drive Profit and Avoid the Ones That Don’t.

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Expert A&E-Focused Support Whenever You Need It.
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Produce Budgets & Quotes

Make budgeting and quoting easier, more accurate, and less stressful.

Manage Projects

Stay organized, on time, and on budget with tools that drive project profitability and efficiency.

Track Time

Track time effortlessly, stay on budget, and improve billing accuracy at every project phase.

Allocate Resources

Easily see who’s working on what, their availability, and how to best balance workloads.

Process Invoices

Get invoices out faster, reduce delays, and keep cash flowing with clear project finances.

Track Finances

Make budgeting and quoting easier, more accurate, and less stressful.

Decide with Data

Make smarter decisions with real-time dashboards and reports.

Forecast Revenue

Gain crystal-clear visibility into your future revenue, project profitability, and resource needs.

Apply Document Control

Centralize your project information for seamless collaboration, better control, and fewer headaches.

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