Is Monument right for your practice?
Look at one live project. Its stages, its unfilled roles and the way its fee is billed say more than practice size.
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One live project
The project decides, not the practice size.
Your jobs have their own shape
Stages, buildings or scopes, in whatever order your practice uses. Each part keeps its own schedule and fee.
Roles come before names.
Start the staffing plan with a team or role because leave, hiring and project priorities can change the person before delivery.
Fees need separate progress
One project can carry staff time, retainers and on-charged supplier costs beside fixed, capped and hourly fees. Keep progress and limits for each fee.
Your structure, not a template.
The same project carries planned roles, recorded time and fee progress, no matter how many stages or consultant scopes it has. Monument is most useful when you need these parts together.
The project also has a finish line. It may cross years and change shape, but its stages, agreed plans and final delivery stay clear.
Start with one project's stages and fees.
The first project takes setup. Keep your current system running beside it while you enter the project's stages and fees. Then record the time and supplier costs that should reach the invoice, and keep time entries up to date so you can review recorded hours alongside the work still planned.
Don't know who'll do the work yet? Planned hours can stay against a team or role until the person is known. Your accounting system stays too: Xero, QuickBooks Online or MYOB remains in place while Monument sends invoices and brings payment status back.
Decide with a real project open.
Use its real stages, planned roles and fees. Monument should earn its place on that project before you move the practice.