> From the client's first request to the signed project: pipeline, Time & Materials projects with consultants and rates, fixed-price projects with an up-to-date… Source: https://hice.ai/en/solutions/projects-opportunities # Every project under control, from the client's request to the end date. In hice you follow every job from the first request to the very end: who works on it, at what rate, when it ends. On fixed-price projects you also see the margin (what you actually keep) while the work moves forward. Free for up to 10 people, no credit card required. ## One job, from first request to renewal Follow the same Client Beta request through five moments. It's always the same data: nobody retypes it when it moves to the next stage. - 1The client asksClient Beta asks you for a data consultant for six months. Instead of leaving the request in an email, you log it in hice straight away as an opportunity: who asked, what they need, from when.Sarah Collins · Client Beta“We need a data consultant for six months, starting in February.”+ New opportunity - 2It goes into the pipelineAn opportunity is an open deal. It goes into the pipeline, the list of all your deals grouped by stage, with the rate you're aiming for and the duration. You see at a glance what's about to close.NewCloud supportClient AlphaProposalData PlatformClient Beta · 6 monthsWonCustomer portalClient Gamma - 3Proposal and signatureYou put the right profiles forward to the client and follow the interviews, stage by stage. When the client signs, the opportunity becomes a project in one click: nothing to retype.Opportunity · Data PlatformClient BetaTarget rate€600 a dayProposed consultantLuke Foster · interview passedWonTurn into project - 4The project moves forwardIn the project you see the assigned consultants, the rate and how often you invoice. hice reminds you of follow-ups with the people working at the client, so you know how it's going before any surprises.Data Platformin progressConsultantLuke FosterRate€600 a dayBillingMonthlyNext follow-upMarch 15 - 5Renewal or closeSixty days before the project ends, hice lets you know. You have time to propose a follow-on to the client or get the consultant ready for the next job.hice · alertData Platform ends on July 31: 60 days to go.Open the project ## By the day or at a fixed price, the way you work hice sets up projects based on the type of company you choose: by the day for T&M consulting, at a fixed price for IT agencies and professional firms. The numbers below are examples. ### Time & Materials: the client pays for days This is work by the day. You agree on a daily rate with the client. In hice you assign consultants to the project and record the rate, the duration and how often you invoice, so the whole team knows the terms. ### Fixed price: the client pays for the result You agree on a price for the whole job and split it into phases. Each phase ends with a milestone, a checkpoint agreed with the client. You see where you stand and what you keep. ## What changes in your projects 60 days' notice on every project nearing its end date ### No project ends without warning. Sixty days before any project ends, by the day or at a fixed price, hice alerts the person running it. 26% margin, updated as you work Development in progress · phase 2 of 3 ### On fixed price, you see the margin as you work. Hours logged by the team and external costs update the margin. If it drops below the threshold you set, hice lets you know. - ERP migration · AlphaSeptember 30 - Data Platform · BetaJuly 31ends in 60 days - Customer portal · GammaOctober 15 ### All projects in one view, end dates included. Clients, project leads and end dates, one under the other. When a project is about to end, you know sixty days in advance. ## Bring all your projects into one place. We bring your projects and deals into hice from Excel or the software you use today, without losing your history. - Free for up to 10 people - No credit card required - Data migration with Business ## Related to projects - Timesheets and approvalsThe month closes itself, without chasing anyone. - CRM: companies and contactsEvery client's history on one page, for the whole team. - KPIs and org chartNumbers calculate themselves, and the org chart decides who sees them. - Consulting (T&M)Every consultant day becomes margin you can see.