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                                                                    Projects

                                                                    What is a Project? 

                                                                    Projects are a core aspect of the DesignSmart system. Projects are the design jobs that a design firm takes on. Projects generally are set up with the following types of information:

                                                                    1. Project Name
                                                                       
                                                                    2. Project ID
                                                                       
                                                                    3. The client associated with the project
                                                                       
                                                                    4. The project address
                                                                       
                                                                    5. The ship-to addresses for the project
                                                                       
                                                                    6. The designer(s) assigned to the project

                                                                    Project Statuses

                                                                    All projects have a project status. Below is a list of the standard statuses.

                                                                    Active These are projects you are actively working on. Usually, they become active when the client accepts a proposal and the status is changed from Open to Active. If the project is fee-based, or for other reasons, the project can be set to Open at the time the project is created.
                                                                    Open These are projects that have been created for the purpose of creating a proposal, but the proposal has not been approved by the client. When the client accepts a proposal, the status will be change to Active. Otherwise the status will be changed to Inactive.
                                                                    Completed These are projects that have been completed.
                                                                    Inactive These are projects that have proposals that were not accepted or projects that are put on hold.

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