Folks Suite · Project Management Edition · v5.0

Estimate. Schedule.
Deliver without surprises.

FolksPMS runs an entire project on one SQL-Server-backed engine — a continuous Estimation → Budgeting → Scheduling → Kick-Off → Actuals spine, watched by a Deviation Engine that turns variance into governed change automatically. This hub is your complete User Manual and a hands-on Training Workbook in one place.

Modules

110

Tables

369

Pages documented

Gantt levels

Open User Manual Start the Workbook

The estimate-to-actuals spine

6 levels

Estimation (EG) — rough-order sizing that seeds the budget.
Budgeting (BG) — the cost baseline in money.
Scheduling (SG) — dated tasks, dependencies, critical path.
Kick-Off (KG) — the frozen, immutable baseline.
Actuals (AG) — what really happened, overlaid on plan.
Deviation (DV) — auto-raises Change Requests on breach.

The signature continuum

One task shape. Six levels of truth.

Every Gantt level shares the same underlying task, so any level can be overlaid on another. Plan flows left-to-right; the moment Actuals drift from the frozen Kick-Off baseline, the Deviation Engine acts.

EG · L1

Estimation

Rough-order sizing to win the mandate. Seeds the budget.

BG · L2

Budgeting

Estimate becomes money — the cost baseline.

SG · L3

Scheduling

Real dates, dependencies and the critical path.

KG · L4

Kick-Off

The schedule is frozen — the immutable baseline.

AG · L5

Actuals

What really happened, overlaid on the baseline.

DV · L6

Deviation

Breaches auto-promote into Change Requests.

When variance between Actuals and the frozen baseline breaches its threshold, FolksPMS does not just colour a cell red — it automatically raises a governed Change Request, closing the loop between execution and governance with no manual hand-off.

Two documents · one experience

Read the manual. Then earn the muscle memory.

Browse the reference when you need an answer, or follow the workbook to build hands-on competence across the whole estimate-to-actuals lifecycle.

Reference

User Manual

The complete reference for FolksPMS — a 10-part manual covering all 34 modules across 8 pillars, the six-level Gantt continuum, the Deviation Engine, the SQL-first data model, bilingual EN/AR, a status reference, troubleshooting and a glossary. Illustrated with real application screenshots and UI schematics.

40+ chapters 34 modules Live screenshots

Open the manual Hands-on

Exercise Workbook

18 progressive labs and a final assessment, all built around one running case study — the Riverside Office Fit-Out. Take it from client setup and estimate, through budget, schedule and the kick-off baseline, into delivery, actuals, a real deviation and the Change Request it auto-raises — the full FolksPMS loop.

18 labs 14–18 hrs Final assessment + key

Start training

Built for delivery teams that hate surprises

The platform's core principles — and what you'll see threaded through every page of these docs.

SQL-first core

Every read and write runs through a named stored procedure — generic CRUD SP_s plus rich DevSP_ workflow procs. No ORM, no LINQ in business logic.

Six-level Gantt

Estimation → Budgeting → Scheduling → Kick-Off → Actuals on one shared task shape, overlayable level-against-level.

Deviation Engine

Continuously compares Actuals to the frozen baseline and auto-promotes threshold breaches into governed Change Requests.

RBAC by design

Menus, pages and actions gated by role privileges. You see exactly what your role grants — nothing more.

.NET 9 Blazor UI

Server-side Blazor with SignalR — live KPI dashboards, interactive Gantts and a modern indigo/cyan theme.

Bilingual EN / العربية

Full English and Saudi Arabic with right-to-left layout, switchable from the top bar in a click.

Governance gates

Change requests, approvals, escalations, compliance and an immutable audit trail across every module.

Supply & partners

Procurement with 3-way match and sub-contractor packages tied straight to the schedule and budget.

The whole map

Eight pillars · 34 modules

The navigation is organised into eight pillars. Click any module to jump straight to its chapter in the manual.

Workspace

Your daily cockpit — the Command Center dashboard, project & programme registers, and the planning board where work is shaped before it is scheduled.

DR Command Center PR Projects PG Programs PL Planning

Multi-Level Gantt

The six-level planning continuum: Estimation → Budgeting → Scheduling → Kick-Off (frozen baseline) → Actuals, with the Deviation Engine watching the gaps.

EG Estimation BG Budgeting SG Scheduling KG Kick-Off AG Actuals DV Deviation

Delivery

Execution modules — tasks, resources, time & attendance, materials, quality and goals — where the plan turns into delivered work.

TK Tasks RS Resources TA Time & Attend.MM Materials QA Quality GT Goals · OKR

Governance

Control gates: change requests, approvals, escalations, compliance and audit. Nothing material moves without a recorded decision.

CH Change Req.AC Approvals ES Escalations CO Compliance AR Audit

Service & Collab

Documents, calendar sync, notifications, training and a ticket/helpdesk desk — the connective tissue that keeps the team aligned.

DM Documents CS Calendar NT Notifications TR Training TT Tickets

Supply

Buy / sell procurement and sub-contractor management — bringing external goods, services and partners into the project safely.

BF Buy / Sell SC Sub-Contractors

Reports & Insight

Cross-module reporting and the Insights analytics surface that turns the warehouse of project data into decisions.

RM Reports IS Insights

Administration

Platform foundations — user management & RBAC, organisation structure, system parameters and the client master.

CM Client Master OR Organisation SP System Params UM User Mgmt