Client project · In daily use
A contractor’s spreadsheets and text threads, turned into one tool.
The problem
Bids were spread across spreadsheets, costs were not tracked against them, and photos of receipts got lost in text threads.
What I did
Designed a phone-first app on top of the spreadsheet the business already trusted, with budget bars, receipts attached to their costs and separate views for the team and the owner.
The result
Delivered and used every day by the client.
01 · Problem
Bids were spread across spreadsheets, costs were not tracked against them, and photos of receipts got lost in text threads.
02 · People
03 · Constraints
04 · Decisions
A Google Sheet that held everything, in a shape only the owner understood.
AfterAn app built on top of the same sheet. It can be managed from the app or from the spreadsheet directly.
Why: Nothing to move over and nothing to lose. The owner could keep working the way they already did and switch to the app at their own pace.
Rows of figures to add up by hand.
AfterEach project shows a bar that fills up as costs come in.
Why: Whether a job is on budget is the first thing to check. A bar answers that at a glance.
Receipt photos sent by text and lost.
AfterEach photo is attached to the cost it proves and saved to Google Drive.
Why: Put the proof right next to the number it explains.
Everyone looking at the same spreadsheet.
AfterA simple form for submitting ideas and bids, and a dashboard for the owner.
Why: Most people need to do one thing quickly. The owner needs the whole picture.
The shipped product
05 · Outcome
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