Introduction to Monument

What is Monument?

Monument is a project management platform designed specifically for architecture firms. It brings together project planning, resource scheduling, time tracking, invoicing, and financial reporting into a single integrated system — so your team can manage every aspect of a project from first proposal to final invoice.

Core Features

Projects & Tasks

Organise work into projects with unlimited task depth. Create phases, stages, and tasks in a hierarchy that mirrors how you plan your projects. Track dates, durations, dependencies, and progress.

Schedule & Resource Planning

The interactive schedule view combines a Gantt chart with resource swim lanes, letting you see who's working on what and when. Drag to allocate team members, resize to adjust durations, and watch financial projections update in real time.

Time Tracking

Staff can log time using a weekly calendar view (drag to create blocks) or a running timer. Time entries link to tasks and flow through to invoicing and financial reports.

Invoicing & Billing

Generate invoices from milestones, tracked time, or expenses. Monument supports progress claims, time-and-materials billing, fixed-fee milestones, and combined approaches. Track payments and outstanding balances.

Financial Reporting

See real-time revenue, costs, and profit at every level — from individual tasks up to the whole organisation. Compare budget vs. actual, track burn rates, and forecast project completion.

Resource Management

Manage your team with resource pools, roles, and rate cards. Set cost and billing rates per person, per project, or per pool. Track capacity and utilisation across the firm.

How It's Organised

Monument is organised around a company — the top-level entity that contains all your data. Within a company, the main areas are:

• Projects — where you define the work
• Schedule — where you plan who does what and when
• Time — where staff log their hours
• Invoices — where you bill clients
• Reports — where you analyse performance
• Resources — where you manage your team
• Contacts — where you track clients and suppliers

Getting Started

The fastest way to get started:

1. Create your account and set up your company.
2. Invite your team so they can collaborate.
3. Create your first project and start planning.