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Project management

Plan the work, then see when it will really finish

A project is the work itself: tasks with an owner and a date, as a list, a board or a timeline. Harbor learns how fast the team actually finishes tasks and says when the project will probably be done, and what is holding that date.

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For the people doing the work and whoever runs it day to day.

The Ridge Runner launch project: its health, next milestone, budget and what it waits on, then its charter and tasks

Everything about a project in one place

Health, the next milestone, budget and what the project is waiting on, up top. A short charter says why it exists and what’s out of scope. Tabs hold the tasks, messages, timeline, forecast, risks, decisions, files, time and history.

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A project timeline: tasks as bars with lines to the tasks that wait on them, and milestones as diamonds in line with their tasks

A timeline with dependencies and milestones

Drag a bar to move a task or an end to change its dates. A line runs from each task to the one waiting on it, and turns coral when the order doesn’t work. Milestones sit in line under the tasks tied to them.

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Harbor project forecast: a chart of the chance of finishing by each day

A finish date from real progress

Harbor replays the coming weeks a thousand times from how many tasks the team closed each week lately. No estimates or story points: “probably Nov 30, very likely by Dec 5”, and the chance of making the due date.

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The tasks that hold up a project's date, and the tasks added since its baseline

What is holding the date

The one line of waiting tasks that sets the end date, first blocker to last, with who has each one. Below it, the work added since the plan was set, and how much of the slip it explains.

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Also at this level

  • Subtasks, templates and approvals

    Split a task into pieces with their own owners, start repeat work from a saved one, ask for sign-off.

  • Messages and files

    Talk about the project on the project, and keep the files beside the tasks they belong to.

  • Custom fields and automations

    Fields to group and sort by, and rules like “two days before it’s due, raise it”.

  • Bring it over

    Import from Trello, Jira, Asana, Linear, monday.com, ClickUp, Smartsheet or a spreadsheet.

Why it matters

A due date someone typed in months ago says nothing about whether the work will make it. A forecast from how the team is really going, and a timeline that shows which task is waiting on which, tell you while there’s still time to cut scope or move a date.

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One harbor, three levels

Every level moves with the work

Portfolios hold programs and programs hold projects, so a task ticked off in a project moves its program’s progress and its portfolio’s health the same minute. A small team can start with projects alone and add the levels above when it needs them.

  1. Holds programsPortfoliosEvery bet’s health, spend and risks on one page, worked out from the work itself.In the demo: Summit Line
  2. Holds projectsProgramsProjects that ship together, the milestones they share, and what is holding the date.In the demo: Trail Footwear
  3. Holds tasksProjectsTasks on a list, a board or a timeline, and a finish date from real progress.In the demo: Ridge Runner launch

Try it with your own work

Free for 30 days, no credit card. Then $49 a month for the whole team, not per seat.

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