Custom assignment administration app for consultancies
Appfront builds apps for consultants who want to keep their project administration up to date while on the move. Hours are logged straight away against each project and phase, including during site visits. Additional work is recorded with a description and the client's approval, and the consultant can see how much budget remains. Notes and photos from a visit are attached to the project. We describe the processing in the office on the software page.
What is a project administration app for consultancy firms?
In a consultancy firm, administration revolves around projects: what has been agreed, how many hours each phase has, what has already been spent, and what extra work has been requested. Much of the work takes place outside the office, at the client's premises or on site. Additional work also arises there, often in conversation.
In practice, hours are filled in at the end of the week, from memory and against the wrong project. Additional work is agreed verbally and either never invoiced or invoiced and then disputed. Notes from a visit end up in a notebook or on a personal phone. And the consultant only realises at the end that the project budget has run out.
We build custom software because agencies differ: how assignments and phases are structured, how hours are logged, how additional work is agreed, and which systems you use. If you already have software for project administration, or are having it built, everything from the app ends up there.
Hours logged immediately
Hours per project and phase at the moment they are worked, including travel time and mileage.
Additional work with approval
Additional work with a description and price, and the client's approval on screen.
Budget in view
What remains per project and phase, with an alert when the budget is exceeded.
How we build your project administration app for consultancy firms
We start with your firm: how projects are structured, how hours are currently recorded, how additional work is handled, and where time is lost. We also speak to a few consultants. Logging hours has to take just a few taps, otherwise it will end up being done at the end of the week again.
Your projects, phases, hours, additional work and systems.
Hours per project and phase, notes and photos.
Additional work with approval, and budget at a glance.
Integration with the case administration, followed by maintenance.
What a project administration app for consultancy firms does in practice
The components below feature in almost every consultancy firm. Which ones you need depends on your work.
Orders
Ongoing projects with phases.
Hours
Per project and phase, immediately.
Additional work
With price and approval.
Budget
What remains.
Visit
Notes and photos attached to the project.
Alerts
When the budget is exceeded.
Who we build a project administration app for consultancy firms for
The app is designed for consultants who spend much of their time outside the office.
Consultancies
Many projects at once. Hours are the core.
Engineering firms
Site visits and additional work. Approval matters most.
Consultants
Projects with fixed budgets. The budget is what is needed.
Project managers
Project monitoring. The alerts are the core.
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This page is about the adviser on the move. For the processing back at the office, see our page on engagement administration software for advisory firms; for engineering firms in general, our page on engineering firm software; and for field survey reports, our page on an app for survey reports. You can read about how we work under custom software development.
Why choose Appfront for your project administration app for consultancy firms?
Hours filled in from memory at the end of the week, and additional work agreed verbally, cost a firm revenue. We build around that: hours logged immediately, additional work with approval, and budget at a glance.
Accurate hours
Written on the spot.
Additional work paid
With the client's approval.
No surprises
Budget always in view.
Security and privacy in an app for advisory firms' engagement administration
The app holds details of engagements, clients and rates. Access is set by role, so an advisor sees only their own engagements.
The app also works without a signal, and sends everything as soon as there is a connection. Data is stored in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily backups.
Frequently asked questions about an engagement administration app for advisory firms
Questions advisory firms ask before getting started.
It lets advisors log hours per engagement and phase while on the move, record additional work with the client's approval, add notes and photos from a site visit, and see the engagement budget, with an alert when it is exceeded.
Office software handles the engagement file, hours and rates by role, work in progress and invoicing. This app is for the advisor on the move: logging hours, recording additional work and seeing the budget.
The advisor describes the extra work, with a price or an estimate in hours, and the client approves it on screen. The additional work is then recorded against the engagement, with the approval, so it can be invoiced without dispute.
Yes. For each engagement and phase, the advisor sees the hours and budget available, what has already been spent and what remains. You choose a threshold, and an alert appears when it is reached.
Yes. At a client's site or on location, signal is not always reliable. The app keeps working and sends everything as soon as there is a connection.
Yes, if that system has an interface. Engagements and budgets come from the administration, and hours, additional work and notes are sent back to it.
Check that first. Many packages have an hours app, and it may be enough. Custom development makes sense if you want to record additional work with client approval, if advisors need to see the budget on the move, or if the current app is not being used.
Hours and additional work recorded on the spot?
Tell us how your engagements are structured, how hours and additional work are recorded now, and which systems you use. We will show you what the app looks like.