Sen for government and public sector projects
Public projects are reviewed, audited and sometimes questioned in public. A plan that connects scope, cost, risk and owners makes those conversations shorter.
These are the eight planning threads the Krong course is built around. The highlighted ones are covered here. What are the planning threads?
What reviewers look for
Whatever the jurisdiction, reviewers tend to ask the same questions. What was approved? Who is accountable? How was the cost estimated? What could go wrong? What changed, and who agreed? A plan that answers each one in a single place saves a great deal of time.
How Sen answers them
| The question | The answer in Sen |
|---|---|
| What was approved? | Business case tab: problem, goal, scope in and out, budget, sponsor, approval status |
| Who is accountable? | RACI: exactly one accountable team for every task |
| Is the cost credible? | Budget by work package, contingency tied to scored risks, forecast by earned value |
| What could go wrong? | Risk register on a scale you choose, linked to the tasks it affects |
| What changed? | Change log with reasons, and a change request register with decisions |
| Are we on track? | Baseline versus current, and a one-page status report |
Gates and approvals
Public projects often move through approval gates. In Sen, a gate is a point on the schedule that takes no time. Work after it waits for it. You can attach a decision to the gate in the decisions log, so the approval and the date are on record.
Data and privacy
Sen keeps project data in your browser and does not send it to a server. The one exception is the optional Ask AI feature: if you paste your own AI key, Sen sends only the text you choose, only after you agree each time. Check your own organisation's rules before you put sensitive information in any web tool. For personal or classified data, use anonymised or example figures.
Where it fits
Sen supports planning and reporting. It is not an approvals system or a document store. Use it to hold the plan, then export a plan document or a workbook for the formal record.
Questions people ask
Can Sen be used for audit trails?
It keeps a change log with reasons and a change request register. These help, but check what your own audit rules require.
Does it work with public sector calendars?
Yes. You can set the working week and add public holidays, so dates follow your calendar.
Does Sen follow a government methodology?
No. It is method-neutral. It holds the connected facts of a plan, whatever method you follow.
See it in a real plan
Open Sen and explore the Caldera Freight example. Every figure on this page comes from it. Copy it, change a task, and watch the plan move together.
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