RushwiseAll projects
When you open Rushwise, you land on All projects. Every open project, sorted by deadline, in groups. Overdue is at the top, in red. Then the next seven days, then later, and then the projects without a deadline. Finished projects wait quietly at the bottom. Click Done to open them.
One row explained
Every row tells you a lot at a glance. The circle is the status: not started, in progress or done. Click it to change it. Under the name you see a small bar with your work steps. Black is done, red is the step you are on now, and its name is right next to it. Open feedback from your client shows in red. Then the category, the shoot day, and on the right how much time you have left, with the date.
Categories in the sidebar
On the left are your categories, each with its own colour and the number of open projects. Click one, and you only see that kind of work. Click All projects to see everything again.
The timeline
Now switch to Timeline. Every project is a bar, from the shoot day to the deadline, in the colour of its category. The line shows today. A project that is overdue gets a red piece, from its deadline up to today. So you see at once which weeks are busy. Tick Show done to see your finished projects too. And click a bar to open that project.
Where the deadline comes from
So where does a deadline come from? Every category has its own delivery time, counted from the shoot day. You set it in Settings, under Categories. For example eighteen weeks for weddings. Projects without a category use the default deadline at the top.
A deadline of its own
Client wants it on a fixed date? Open the project, and click the deadline at the top right. Pick a date and click Save. That's now the project's own date. It stays put, even when you change the delivery time of its category. Changed your mind? Click Back to the default. And a project without a deadline? Choose No deadline. Back in the overview, the project has moved to its new place.
Also for a new project
You can also pick a date of its own right away, when you make a new project. More about that in part five.