Project management
In Business Central, you can perform common project management tasks, such as configuring a project and scheduling a resource, as well as providing the information needed to manage budgets and monitor progress. You can track machine and employee hours on the project by using time sheets. As a project manager, you have a good overview, not only of individual projects, but also of the allocation of employees, machinery and other resources being used in all projects.
Get started with projects
Project management is complicated enough in itself, and learning how to create projects and managing work in process in a new tool can be another complication. To help you get started with project management in Business Central, you can see a video about creating projects on the Business Central YouTube channel.
Setup projects
Before you can use Business Central to manage projects, you must set up resources, time sheets, and projects. For more information, see Setting Up Project Management.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Create projects, assign project tasks, and prepare project planning lines. | Create projects |
| Allocate resources to projects and manage resource prices. | Use resources for projects |
| Create a time sheet with integrated project task and planning lines and post time sheet lines to a project journal. | Use time sheets for projects |
Project analytics
This section describes the analytical tools you can use to get insights into your project data.
| To... | Go to... |
|---|---|
| Analyze and monitor your project KPIs with the Power BI Projects apps. | Power BI Projects app |
| Learn about WIP (Work in Process), a feature that ensures correct financial statements and enables you to estimate the financial value of projects that are ongoing. | Understanding WIP Methods Monitor project progress and performance |
| Explore built-in project reports. | Built-in project report overview |
For more information, see Project management analytics overview
Working with projects
The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to articles that describe them.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Budget for resources to be used in projects and compare actual item and resource usage to budgeted usage to improve the quality and cost efficiency of future projects. | Manage Project Budgets |
| Review and record usage on various parts of your project, which is automatically updated as you modify and transfer information from project planning lines to project journals or project invoices for posting. | Record Usage for Projects |
| Purchase supplies for a project, either on purchase orders or invoices, and record item and time usage. | Manage Project Supplies |
| Post the consumption of materials, resources, and other expenses of project work in process (WIP) to monitor its financial value and to maintain correct financial statements even though you post project expenses before invoicing the project. | Monitor Project Progress and Performance |
| Invoice the customer, either when the project is finished or according to an invoicing schedule. | Invoice Project |
See Also
Setting Up Project Management
Project management analytics overview
Power BI Projects app
Video: How to create a project in Dynamics 365 Business Central
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