YEAR ONE / TOOLS

Tools

Interactive tools to help you plan and run an independent architecture practice through its first year and beyond.

Using Notion? See how the workspace and tools work together below.

01PLANRunway ToolHow long your savings last, and what the practice must produce each month before you depend on it.Open 02PLANSavings / Buffer EstimatorHow much of a savings buffer to hold before starting, sized to your circumstances.Open 03PRICE & WINWhat to ChargeSet defensible rates from your target income, costs and available working time.Open 04PRICE & WINFee Proposal CalculatorBuild a fee for a specific project and present it with confidence.Open 05OPERATECash Flow ProjectionModel the timing of fees and outgoings to see where cash gets tight.Open 06MAINTAINEmployee Cost ToolSee the fully loaded cost of a hire - per year, per month and in the first year - not the salary alone.Open 07FIND WORK / PRICE & WINClient Pre-QualificationCheck whether a new enquiry is worth progressing and surface the questions to resolve before spending time on it.Open

Using Year One with Notion

Year One has two parts: your Notion workspace and these planning tools. Use the Notion workspace to manage the practice - your pipeline, actions, weekly reviews, practice numbers and Cash Flow plan. Use the tools here to test decisions and understand the numbers.

Six tools work independently

Runway, Savings / Buffer, What to Charge, Fee Proposal, Employee Cost and Client Pre-Qualification save your inputs on this device. They do not write information back to Notion.

Cash Flow connects to Notion

Add and maintain your expected cash movements in the Cash Flow database inside your Year One workspace. Cash Flow Projection can then connect to that database and use it to build the 12-month forecast.

New to Year One?

Start with the setup guide to copy your private Notion workspace and get everything ready.

Open setup guide