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Project management

A project in Production Planner represents a single production. It is the central workspace where your team collaborates on schedules, resources, budgets, and communication. Every other feature in the application lives inside a project.

Screenshot: Project list with card, list, and calendar views

Creating a project

To create a project, you need to belong to an organization. Every project is associated with an organization, which determines who can be invited and how membership is managed.

When creating a project, you provide:

  • Name for the production (e.g., "Spring Gala 2026").
  • Description to give your team context about what the production involves.
  • Timezone so all schedule times are interpreted correctly, regardless of where team members are located.

Project views

The project list supports three view modes so you can browse your productions the way that works best for you:

  • Card view displays projects in a grid with icons, colors, and banner images.
  • List view shows projects in detailed rows with key information at a glance.
  • Calendar view lays out projects on a timeline based on their scheduled dates.
Screenshot: Card view, list view, and calendar view comparison

Project dates

Each project supports multiple dates. These represent the days your production spans, such as load-in, rehearsal, and show days.

For each date you can set:

  • A label (e.g., "Build Day", "Show Day", "Strike").
  • Whether it is an all-day event or has specific start and end times.
  • Start and end times when the day is not all-day.

Project dates drive the production schedule. Each date gets its own schedule, so you can plan each day independently.

Theming and branding

You can customize your project with branding to make it visually distinct:

  • Brand color applied as an accent throughout the project.
  • Banner image displayed at the top of the project.
  • Project icon chosen from a set of 10 options: film, camera, music, mic, TV, megaphone, calendar, star, rocket, and sparkles.

Theming is optional. Projects without custom branding use the default appearance.

Screenshot: Project with custom brand color, banner image, and icon

Add important links directly to your project details page. Each link has a label, URL, and icon. This is useful for linking to external ticketing systems, production documents, or streaming platforms.

Available link icons include globe, ticket, music, video, image, file, phone, mail, map pin, and generic link.

Timezone support

Every project has a timezone setting. All schedule times are interpreted in the project timezone.

When a team member opens the project from a different timezone, the application shows a warning so they know the times on screen may differ from their local time.