---
title: Project manager
summary: What a project manager does in Superwise each day, the six screens to use most, and the order to follow on the first day.
order: 2
who: People whose role lets them view and approve project records. Each screen needs its own permission.
---

A project manager keeps the project on time and on budget. In Superwise you approve what waits for you, watch progress and cost, follow orders, and look at reports.

## What you do each day

- Approve or reject the records that wait for you.
- Check progress against the plan.
- Check that the cost stays near the budget.
- Follow purchase orders and deliveries.
- Look at open issues and decide who fixes them.
- Read the daily report.

## The screens you use most

![The left menu with Procurements open. Mark 1 is Purchase Orders.](../media/role-project-manager-menu.png)

| Screen | Menu path | What you do there | Book |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dashboard | **Dashboard** | Approve from **Needs your action** and read the figures | [The dashboard](../get-started/the-dashboard.md) |
| Budget | **Planning > Budget** | See the planned cost | [Budget](../budget/index.md) |
| Progress Log | **Schedule > Progress Log** | See what progress site has logged | [Schedule](../schedule/index.md) |
| Purchase Orders | **Procurements > Purchase Orders** | Follow and approve orders | [Purchase order](../purchase-order/index.md) |
| Issues | **Quality & Safety > Issues** | Follow the problems on site | [Issues](../issues/index.md) |
| Reports | **Reports** | Open the daily report and other reports | [Reports](../reports/index.md) |

Two more books help you: [Daily summary](../daily-summary/index.md) and [Schedule summary](../schedule-summary/index.md). Use **Messages** to talk to the team. See [Messages](../messages/index.md).

## What to do on the first day

1. Choose your project in the project picker.
2. Open the [dashboard](../get-started/the-dashboard.md). Read the four figures: **Committed vs budget**, **Progress vs plan**, **Payments due this week** and **Open issues**.
3. Open **Needs your action**. Check each item before you approve. See [Approvals in plain words](../get-started/approvals-in-plain-words.md).
4. Open **Procurements > Purchase Orders** and look at the orders that wait for approval.
5. Open **Quality & Safety > Issues** and look at the open issues.
6. Open **Reports** and find the daily report.
7. If a card is missing on the dashboard, click **Customize** and add it.

![The dashboard with the Needs your action list.](../media/dashboard-needs-action.png)

## Related pages

- [Site engineer](site-engineer.md)
- [Contract head](contract-head.md)
- [How a project flows](../get-started/how-a-project-flows.md)