Meet The Pulse, your command center that shows it all.
One screen for your entire practice. View all projects in real time, spot risks early, and choose next steps guided by your data.
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Factor’s impact on A&E firms is clear.
All metrics are based on self-reported customer data.
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saved every invoicing cycle.
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user adoption.
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to bill 30 projects.
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See firm-wide performance
at a glance.
See every project live on a single dashboard. Compare side by side, apply filters, and spot what needs attention fast.
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Balance the plan, the work, and the people.
Budget, timeline, tasks, and utilization come together in one live chart. No other tool shows this intersection. Move a date or reallocate hours, and the chart updates costs, deadlines, and workload in real time.
"One of the really great things I like is the firm dashboard (The Pulse). It allows me to track my company's progress and how I'm doing as an employee. I can set goals and really track if I’m meeting those goals."
Nathan Jurmu
+50%
Admin time cut in half, making more time for engineering.
80-90
projects completed annually with clear, real-time progress tracking.
Turn weekly meetings into action sessions.
Run your team meetings in The Pulse. Use a simple workflow for project reviews and check-ins to keep project types and PMs consistent, and fix cross-team issues on the fly so everyone leaves knowing who’s doing what and when it’s due.
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One screen to view, understand, and act.
Forget about switching between tools or tabs. Compare forecast, schedule, and actuals in one view. Then dive into hours, budget, and profit by phase, person, or role.
"I would recommend Factor for anyone in the industry.”
In one quick call, we’ll show you a simpler way to run projects and get paid faster.

“I've worked with software platforms for 20+ years, and Factor has been my best experience of having a platform that will listen to you and is just as invested in us as we are in us.”
Betsy Koch
Operations manager
Everything you need to get it done.
Frequently asked questions about The Pulse
The Pulse is Factor’s central hub for project management. It gives A/E firms instant visibility into project health, profitability, utilization, workload, and financial performance—all in one place.
Pulse includes KPIs such as project profitability, budgets vs actuals, timelines, milestones, tasks, earned revenue, WIP, employee capacity and utilization, effective bill rates, backlog, cash flow indicators, and staffing forecasts. All metrics update automatically as work happens.
Pulse pulls live data from your projects, time entries, budgets, invoicing, and schedules so you can spot issues early, understand true performance, and take action before problems impact the firm.
Pulse is available immediately to all Factor users. Because Factor is cloud-based, your dashboards begin populating as soon as your data is added.
Pulse is included with your Factor subscription at no extra cost.


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