"We always want to be using emergent technology and smart software, not just following the old standards of antiquated agency software and solutions."

“Harvest is a good reference tool to understand as we get projects of similar size or scope looking back historically to say, ‘Okay, how did we do on a project like this before?’'."

“We handle general reporting on a weekly and monthly basis. We have weekly gut checks on our project burns and forecasting profitability going forward. We love the filters available under reporting, i.e. custom reporting options. Most of our reporting reviews are internal, but we’ve recently started sharing the PDF views …

“I clocked in under my 10,000th hour last year with Harvest — so we've nerded out on Harvest for a long time. And we've really seen it evolve with our company and now we have it where it's really simple and we can build in a lot of automation.”

“The program we used offered a lot more features and settings. Though, in the end, it wound up being overly complicated to navigate all of those features, many of which were unnecessary.”

“Using Harvest has helped us become more proactive as a team. When timesheets are easy to enter, we have good data to work with. Everyone has a clear picture of how a project is progressing and can see problems before they happen – allowing us to respond and be more …

“When COVID happened, we had eight years of consistent time entry reporting and budget tracking under our belts. We were in a good position with our projects—and if there were projects that weren’t performing well enough, we were aware of it and could make an adequate response.”

“It works well because you have continuity. A lot of the same people who are designing might be involved in the construction management, and we can go out to the nursery and see whether the plant material we want to use is available.”

"To look back at previous projects and see how long tasks took helps us provide an accurate estimate for new projects."

“The fact that you can just follow up with clients [with the automated reminders] is more of an incentive for them to pay us, as opposed to just emailing a PDF invoice. Payment gets fulfilled much quicker with this system we have set up with Harvest.”

“It is a rule — an unbroken rule — that every project manager looks every day into Forecast and make sure that there’s no red.”

“Harvest helps me see where we've been profitable and where we've been burned in the past. It's good intel that touches so many different parts of the business essentially.”

"It seemed like all of those missing pieces we were looking for were part of Harvest, and over time, those features have evolved and become even more useful."

"Harvest was a better way of keeping things real, understanding what I was spending time on and whether these jobs were as profitable as I was imagining them to be."

“In the past, I would walk the office and see my dev team and my project management team. I could see what they’re working on and get a sense of where the stress levels are. I can’t do that anymore.”