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Project Management Basics

Scope projects, define milestones, assign owners, track risks, and deliver on time with simple PM methods.

Who this is for

New managers and contributors leading small projects

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  1. Write project scope

  2. Break into milestones

  3. Assign owners and dates

  4. Set weekly status review

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Notepad

Simple in-browser notepad with auto-save. Write quick notes that persist in your browser. Download as text file. No signup needed.

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Freelance Rate Calculator

Model an hourly revenue floor from owner pay, overhead, a user-entered annual reserve, billable capacity, and target operating margin.

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Break-Even Calculator

Calculate the theoretical break-even point and minimum whole sellable units, plus target-profit volume, contribution margin, and signed margin of safety.

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Profit Calculator

Calculate gross profit and operating profit or loss from net revenue, cost of sales, and operating expenses for one consistent period.

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Weekly Time Budget Calculator

Allocate the 168 hours in a seven-day week across work, commute, rest, care and other activities, then save observed and proposed schedules.

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Self-Employment Tax Calculator

Model the standard Schedule SE Social Security and Medicare components from explicit current factor, wage-base, wage, and rate inputs.

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Health Insurance Cost-Sharing Calculator

Apply entered in-network deductible, coinsurance, copays, and out-of-pocket maximum terms to an entered allowed-charge scenario, plus premiums.

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Resume Builder and Version Editor

Write and preview a resume, keep multiple versions, export plain text or print to PDF, and save a browser workspace with a restorable JSON backup.

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Salary Raise Scenario Calculator

Calculate a proposed annual salary increase and apply an entered incremental tax assumption to the added pay, with clear annual and monthly amounts.

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Job and Internship Application Tracker

Track job and internship postings, materials, interview notes, status and dated next actions, with local saving, JSON restore and filtered CSV export.

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Written Offer and Salary Comparison

Compare two written offers with guaranteed pay, sign-on cash, uncertain bonuses and costs kept separate, or model comparable cost indices.

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