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Client-Facing Delivery Workspace Rollout (10-18 days)

A productized engagement that stands up one shared delivery workspace per client account, covering task structure, permissions, reporting views, and a migration path off the tools the account already uses. Built for agencies whose coordination overhead is eating retainer margin. Time: 10-18 days.

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Client-Facing Delivery Workspace Rollout (10-18 days)

A productized engagement that stands up one shared delivery workspace per client account, covering task structure, permissions, reporting views, and a migration path off the tools the account already uses. Built for agencies whose coordination overhead is eating retainer margin.

Prerequisites
  • A signed scope naming the accounts in wave one and the delivery lead accountable for each. Export access to every incumbent tool holding live task data for those accounts. A written client-consent position on which internal fields (rates, margins, capacity notes) stay hidden from the shared view. One named approver per client who can sign off on the workspace structure. A decision on whether the workspace is billed as a setup line item or absorbed into the retainer.
Execution Timeline
  • 1.Inventory every tool currently holding task, deadline, or approval data for the in-scope accounts
  • 2.Record who touches each tool and how often, including any client-side logins
  • 3.Flag duplicate records where the same deliverable lives in two systems
  • 1.Map the delivery lifecycle stage by stage, from brief intake to final sign-off
  • 2.Note the handoff points where work currently stalls or gets re-explained
  • 3.Confirm which stages the client must see and which stay internal
  • 1.Score candidate platforms against workflow fit, permission granularity, reporting depth, and integration coverage
  • 2.Test the two strongest candidates against one real account's data
  • 3.Document the migration cost and adoption effort for each finalist
  • 1.Draft the workspace architecture: projects, task types, statuses, and dependency rules
  • 2.Define the permission tiers for agency staff, contractors, and client viewers
  • 3.Circulate the architecture to delivery leads for objection handling
  • 1.Build the template workspace in the chosen platform
  • 2.Configure intake forms so new briefs land with required fields populated
  • 3.Set up the recurring status view the client will actually open
  • 1.Configure automations for assignment, deadline reminders, and status rollups
  • 2.Connect time tracking so billable hours attach to the right project
  • 3.Test each automation against a sample task and fix silent failures
  • 1.Migrate open tasks and active deadlines for the first account
  • 2.Reconcile migrated counts against the source export line by line
  • 3.Archive the source records rather than deleting them
  • 1.Run a live walkthrough with the delivery team on one real project
  • 2.Collect friction notes and adjust field names or views the same day
  • 3.Confirm every team member can complete a task without asking where to click
  • 1.Run the client-side walkthrough and hand over viewer credentials
  • 2.Confirm the client can find status, files, and approvals without a call
  • 3.Capture the client's requested changes in a written change list
  • 1.Apply the client change list and re-test permissions
  • 2.Publish the one-page usage guide for both sides
  • 3.Set the reporting cadence and name who produces each report
  • 1.Repeat the build and migration for remaining accounts in the wave
  • 2.Reuse the template rather than rebuilding structure per account
  • 3.Log every deviation from the template so the pattern improves
  • 1.Run the 30-day adoption check: active users, tasks created, status views opened
  • 2.Decommission the retired tools for the in-scope accounts
  • 3.Deliver the handover pack and close the engagement
$4,500-$12,000 setup depending on account count, plus $300-$900/mo for platform seats and ongoing template maintenance10-18 days
ROI Logic

The agency charges for structure and migration labor, not for software, so the fee holds even when the client already pays for a platform. Coordination overhead is the recoverable cost: every status meeting that becomes a dashboard read and every re-explained handoff removed from the week converts directly into billable capacity. Because the template is reused across accounts, the second and third rollouts in a wave carry materially lower delivery cost than the first, which is where the margin sits.

Deliverables
  • Workspace architecture document covering project structure, task types, statuses, and dependency rules
  • Configured template workspace with intake forms, permission tiers, and status views
  • Migration reconciliation sheet mapping every source record to its destination
  • One-page usage guide for agency staff and a separate viewer guide for clients
  • 30-day adoption report with active-user counts and a decommission checklist for retired tools
Definition of Done

Every in-scope account has live work running in the shared workspace, the client can view status without contacting the agency, and the retired tools are decommissioned with no open tasks left behind.

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