Project & Task Progress Tracking System
An MS Access system tracking projects down to the subtask level, with separate views for customers and employees.
A services business running multiple concurrent projects needed a way to break work down into trackable pieces — not just "project status," but the actual tasks, subtasks, materials, and time behind each one — while still giving customers a clean summary view without exposing internal operational detail.
We built an MS Access system structured around a project → task → subtask hierarchy. Each subtask tracks the materials and time used against it, giving management an accurate, granular read on where a project's hours and costs are actually going rather than a single top-level estimate. A separate customer view shows clients their project's progress in a simplified, presentable format, while an employee view gives staff the operational detail they need to do the work.
Configurable dropdowns let the system adapt as the business's project types, task categories, and material lists evolve, without needing a developer to change the underlying structure every time. The result is a system that scales from a simple job to a complex multi-phase project without losing visibility at any level — task, subtask, or customer-facing summary.
- Project, task, and subtask hierarchy
- Material and time tracking per subtask
- Separate customer-facing progress view
- Separate employee/operational view
- Editable dropdowns for project types and categories
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