It’s Thursday night, and two project managers are having very different experiences.
Martin, our first project manager, is gearing up for another long night in front of a PowerPoint deck, preparing a presentation for the project steering committee on his EV charging site rollout. But before he can even open PowerPoint, he has to wrestle with an unwieldy collection of spreadsheets, making a series of “guesstimates.” One sheet tracks project milestones, another handles finances, and who knows how many more track material orders.
Meanwhile, Lisa is enjoying a home-cooked meal with her family, having completed her steering committee prep days ago. Lisa is a powered-up PM. She uses Sitetracker to plan and track her projects, finances, and purchase orders, along with all the other critical details for an EV station rollout just a few streets away.
Sitetracker gives Lisa a real-time view of all her project and asset data, allowing her to achieve the project management magic triangle: on time, on budget, and high quality. She leverages intelligent project templates to track key milestones, project finance tools to manage purchase orders and invoices (integrated seamlessly with her company’s ERP), and an intuitive scheduling interface to dispatch her construction crews.
Martin’s life isn’t entirely spreadsheets—he does get to WhatsApp his field crews for photo updates. Unfortunately, reviewing those photos fills him with dread, knowing the work is unlikely to meet specifications.
Not so for Lisa. Her crews complete health and safety checks, submit work logs, and upload photos of completed tasks directly through Sitetracker’s mobile app, giving her real-time visibility into progress. Before Sitetracker, she spent evenings redispatching teams and endured sleepless nights worrying about yet another truck roll. Now, rework is a thing of the past.
You might wonder why I haven’t mentioned Lisa’s steering committee prep. The truth is, she has little more to do. Sitetracker continuously updates with real-time data from the field, her ERP system, and her colleagues. She simply summarizes her projects in a dashboard and walks into her Friday morning meeting armed with up-to-the-minute insights.
When the steering committee wants to dive deeper—whether into a delayed milestone or (a rare) budget overrun—the team can drill down into the issue and take corrective action directly within the Sitetracker platform. What once took Lisa hours of prep and follow-up is now streamlined: no more slides, no more spreadsheets, just real-time data at her fingertips.
Let’s be clear: Lisa has worked incredibly hard this year. Her company has aggressive expansion plans and has taken on 33% more projects than last year. In her old spreadsheet-driven world, she might not have managed the increased workload, despite being a super-smart, high-performing project manager. But with Sitetracker’s intelligent workflows, she’s working less while delivering better results.
Now, let’s spare a thought for Martin. His workload is overwhelming, and he’s stuck using outdated tools better suited to 2005 than 2025. His company has big growth ambitions but can’t afford additional staff. This month alone, they’ve lost $100,000 in potential revenue due to project overruns. Despite Martin’s best efforts, he spends his days struggling to reconcile outdated spreadsheets, scattered PowerPoint slides, and a mess of WhatsApp messages.
Martin’s company knows it’s time to evolve, which is why they’re talking to Sitetracker. If your company faces the same challenges Martin does, maybe it’s time to get in touch – schedule a demo for you and your team today.
