The work items at the moment record all the financial impacts but they don't link directly with ToDos, Ghantt items or specs.
Proposed heirarchy (everything is linked and rolls up)
Project overview -> Project stage -> Work items/ Ghantt -> To do -> Specs
Current hierarchy (items seem to sit separately)
Project overview -> Project stage -> Ghantt ->To do
Project overview -> Specs
Project overview -> Work items
In effect, I would like the work items and specs be linked to or be the same as the Ghantt items and specs linked to ToDos - this way a ghantt item would have:
the tasks involved, who is doing them, the materials to be used (spec), the time taken, the due date, etc. and all the surrounding costs.
Completion of a ghantt stage would then be the trigger to say that the item is now billable.
Also, the blueprints are not made as suites so adding them is less easy than the process for adding specs, todos, etc.
(for example a bathroom remodelling project, the project stage could be Build, the Ghantt item could be install Bath, the ToDos would include moving pipes, installing bath, installing bath surround, the spec would include the tub model and the work items would be the labour cost of the plumber, the purchase cost of the tub, etc. ) Completion of all the ToDos would then signal that that phase is complete and billable.