While it’s up to you to determine what project management methods work best for your business, there are a few mainstays of landscape project management that all contractors should consider:

• Assess client needs and desires through consultations and site evaluations.
• Develop detailed project plans, including design layouts, material selections, and cost estimates.
• Coordinate procurement of materials and equipment required for the project.
• Schedule and manage subcontractors and laborers involved in the project.
• Oversee the execution of the project to ensure quality standards are met.
• Communicate effectively with clients to provide updates, address concerns, and obtain feedback.
• Monitor project progress and adjust plans as necessary to meet deadlines and budget constraints.
• Conduct final inspections to ensure the completed project meets client expectations and industry standards.

One of the most effective ways to ensure projects run smoothly is to adopt landscape construction management software. Software can be significantly more reliable than pen and paper, spreadsheets and other more manual methods of project management. 

Landscape construction management software is an online tool that helps roofers create schedules, monitor project status, send communication and progress projects towards completion. It helps to enhance each stage of a project with the ultimate goal of providing an excellent client experience from start to finish. 

When looking for a landscape construction management software, consider the following features:

• Collaboration Features: Good landscape project management software helps you keep projects moving, but great landscape project management software helps you execute the best possible project for your clients by increasing collaboration across everyone involved. Be sure to look for landscape project management software that makes it easy to share files like schedules and estimates, create private and public notes, and fast to find and send messages. 
• Client Transparency: If your goal is to create the best customer experience possible, you should look for a landscape construction project management software that helps increase transparency with clients. Look for tools that have client portals where they can see schedules, daily notes, and more. The more they’re able to answer their questions on their own, the better they’ll feel (and you’ll have more time to focus where you’re needed most).
• Project Analytics: Your landscape construction management software should help you answer questions about your business that you weren’t able to answer before. Make sure you’re able to understand which people or projects are most profitable so you can continue to prioritize similar projects when they come through your lead pipeline. This information should be available in a digestible format like a dashboard so it’s painless to find the insights you’re looking for.

Houzz Pro’s landscape project management software comes complete with all of these features and more. Try a demo to see for yourself. 

Subscribing to Houzz Pro's landscape project management software means you’re gaining access to features such as:

• Project scheduling
• Online payments
• Change orders
• Daily logs
• Time and expense tracking
• QuickBooks Online integration

You can find more information about what features are included with each of our plans here.

When you subscribe to Houzz Pro’s landscape construction project management software, you gain premium access to our support team. That means you get an exclusive phone number that directs you to an onshore team member and you get pushed to the top of the queue.

You also get personalized on-demand onboarding support, showing you how to properly use the specific features you want, when you want, to help get your business up and running with Houzz Pro. We also have a wide variety of help articles available in our Help Center and in-depth how-to videos on our YouTube channel.