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Turn the work in your head into a plan you can price. Map tasks, see the real cost, and keep the finish line in view.

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All amounts are in GBP. Figures are estimates, not quotes or accounting advice.

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01 / PROJECT SETUPThe big picture
GBP £
Enter revenue excluding any tax you collect on behalf of a tax authority.
LIVE ESTIMATE£0.00
Project cost
Estimated profit£0.00
Profit margin—
Planned hours0
Tasks complete0 / 0
0%

Profit = revenue − labor − materials − expenses. This is before any tax or overhead you have not added. Progress counts completed tasks, not hours.

02 / TASK BUILDERMake the work visible
Hours × rate

Use your delivery cost rate, not your client billing rate. Tasks must fit inside the project dates.

TASK BOARD0 tasks
Drag to reorder

Reordering changes board and timeline order, not dates. Use Move up / Move down on touch devices or with a keyboard.

03 / DIRECT COSTSMaterials & expenses
Itemized

For a flat expense, use quantity 1. Include unrecoverable tax and delivery where relevant. Add overhead or contingency as explicit expenses.

COST BREAKDOWNKnow what adds up
Open to inspect
Labor £0.00
Materials £0.00
Additional expenses £0.00
04 / DELIVERY VIEWSee the shape of your schedule
No dates yet

Bars show calendar spans, including weekends. Teal means complete; orange means open. Overlapping bars do not check resource availability or dependencies.

THE PLANFORGE FIELD NOTES

Five ways to build a better estimate.

Practical guides for independent professionals, small teams, and anyone turning a brief into a budget.

GUIDE 01Scope
Planning

Start with a project you can define.

Translate outcomes into clear tasks, realistic boundaries, and an estimate that survives the first conversation.

Build the project brief
GUIDE 02Hours × rate
Labor

Price the work, not the wish.

Separate delivery cost from selling price and account for the quieter hours that keep a project moving.

Estimate labor costs
GUIDE 03Direct costs
Purchasing

Catch the costs between the lines.

Make quantities, delivery, subcontracting, and contingency visible without counting the same expense twice.

Map materials & expenses
GUIDE 04Margin
Profit

Find the room your project needs.

Understand margin versus markup, test a few scenarios, and stop confusing revenue with money left over.

Understand project profit
GUIDE 05Delivery
Timeline

Give every deadline a workable path.

Connect task dates, completion signals, and review checkpoints without mistaking a neat chart for capacity.

Plan timeline & progress

BUILT FOR THE FIRST CLEAR ANSWER

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PlanForge brings the essentials together without pretending to be a full accounting or resource-management system. Start rough, make assumptions explicit, and refine the plan with the people doing the work.

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