Monograph Method
Let’s make a deal: Monograph will be the most intuitive, easiest to use, and most automated platform you’ll ever encounter IF you are willing to run your business using the Monograph way.
We’ve had the opportunity to serve over 15,000 architects and engineers so far and we’ve developed the best in class methods to run an A&E business.
Follow these principles with Monograph and you’ll soon be doing only the things you love and leaving the rest to us.
Principle one
Monograph features aren't optional
The power of Monograph is how all the tools interconnect, move data seamlessly, and automate your workflow.
If you skip out on tracking time or creating invoices and getting paid electronically, you are only getting a fraction of the value.
Principle two
Simplification over customization
You can have intuitive and easy OR you can have customized to the exact way you’ve been doing things before Monograph BUT you can’t have both.
Just like when you work with clients, when you provide more options and decisions, you slow down the process and likely lead to even more subsequent options and decisions.
We’re asking you to instead, follow our lead and make adjustments to your way of doing things for the sake of simplicity, consistency, and automation.
Principle three
Trust your team and delegate
Conventional wisdom in the A&E space suggests that sharing financial info of any kind with your team will distract them at best or lead to a mutiny at worst.
This means that at many firms, only a few people are responsible for the majority of important decisions regarding projects.
This doesn’t scale and we couldn’t disagree more with this approach. By delegating these tasks, you free up time for yourself and your accountant, allowing you to focus on higher-level priorities like forecasting and improving profitability.
And you empower your decision makers with the information that they need to do their job.
Principle four
Finances are for everyone
Managing your firm’s finances doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
While you may be tempted to rely on an external bookkeeper or consultant, everyone needs to know how your firm is performing to make good decisions.
With Monograph, you’ll receive notifications when project finances are off track and get an easy overview of your firm’s financials each month.
Keeping a pulse on your finances is as simple as checking your Monograph dashboard for key insights that keep your firm on track and profitable.
While you have everything you need in Monograph, your bookkeeper can continue to use Quickbooks to handle the accounting nitty gritty.
Principle five
Actionable insights, not reports
Our competitors will always have more reports than us — by design.
We don’t believe you should be spending hours combing through spreadsheets or pivot tables to try and understand your business.
Monograph will tell you what you need to know and when you need to know it.
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