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A 3-week look-ahead for your construction schedule

The Schedule tab now has a 3 weeks view that lists open milestones for this week and the next two, with past-due work carried over at the top. Assign milestones to people, record why they slipped and download the list as a PDF.

What the 3 weeks view shows

  • Three weeks, starting with the current calendar week (Monday start).
  • Open milestones already past their end date first, under Carried over (past due).
  • Every other open milestone once, in the earliest week it overlaps, tagged Starts, Due or Ongoing.
  • Done milestones and work starting after the third week are left out.

Assign milestones to a person

Pick someone in Assigned to on a milestone: a team member or a project guest, such as a subcontractor. They get a notification and an email when you assign them. In the look-ahead, use Show for to narrow the list to one person's work. Guests see a read-only Your dates tab with only the milestones assigned to them.

Record why a milestone slipped

Choose a delay reason: materials, weather, inspection, labor, design change, owner decision or other, with an optional note. The reason shows as a chip on the milestone, in the look-ahead and in the PDF, and it is kept after the work is finished.

Download the PDF for the crew

  1. Open the project and choose the Schedule tab.
  2. Switch to 3 weeks and, if you like, filter with Show for.
  3. Choose Download PDF.

Good to know

Each PDF uses one of the company's monthly project PDFs on Free; the Documents & Branding add-on makes them unlimited. ProtoPM never emails the look-ahead on its own. When a new week starts you'll see a hint in the app that the look-ahead is ready. See pricing.

Try it on your next job

Everything in ProtoPM is free.