Work management for consultancies and agencies
Projects shaped around the work.
Carbon brings tasks, discussions, files, milestones and time into a project workspace that takes the shape of your work. Start simply. Add only what you need.
In active development. Being built first for Xeneos and Xeneos Consulting.
Studio North / Client work
Website relaunch
A clearer first impression. From the initial brief to launch.
Agree the creative direction
Brief and discovery Done
Refine the homepage
Design In progress
Prepare the launch checklist
Delivery Next up
A project first. A process second.
The work is connected.
Its tools should be too.
A task in one place. The decision in another. The brief somewhere else. It takes effort just to get back to the work.
Carbon starts with the project. Bring in the working surfaces it needs, and keep the useful context together—without forcing every project into the same shape.
01Tasks
Make the next step clear.
A project is more than a list, but a clear next action is a good place to start. Give the work a shape your team can follow, without losing sight of what you’re trying to deliver.
- Break the work into manageable tasks.
- Keep progress in the context of the project.
- Build around the work, not a prescribed process.
The next action, with the bigger picture still in view.
Studio North / Client work
Website relaunch
A clearer first impression. From the initial brief to launch.
Agree the creative direction
Brief and discovery Done
Refine the homepage
Design In progress
Prepare the launch checklist
Delivery Next up
02Discussions
Keep the why with the work.
The decision matters as much as the task it creates. Give project conversations a home, so the thinking behind the work is there when someone needs to pick it up again.
- Discuss the work where it belongs.
- Keep decisions alongside the project.
- Return to the context, not another scattered thread.
A decision worth keeping. A place to find it again.
Studio North / Client work
Website relaunch
A clearer first impression. From the initial brief to launch.
Design direction
Lead with the work.
“Let’s show a finished project before we talk about our process. It gives people something concrete to connect with.”
The decision
Open with a client story. Keep the process further down the page.
03Files
A home for what you’re making.
From the first brief to the final deliverable, a project has material worth keeping close. Bring source files and working documents into the same context as the work they support.
- Keep the brief close to the work.
- Bring project material together.
- Give deliverables a place alongside their context.
The brief, the work in progress, and what comes next.
Studio North / Client work
Website relaunch
A clearer first impression. From the initial brief to launch.
Project material
Creative brief
Document Where we started
Homepage concepts
Design What we’re exploring
Launch copy
Document What we’re putting into the world
04Milestones
See what you’re working towards.
Some moments matter more than another completed task. Make the meaningful delivery points visible, so the day-to-day work has a direction everyone can understand.
- Identify the moments that move the project forward.
- Keep delivery points in view.
- Connect the next step to the intended outcome.
A few meaningful moments. One shared direction.
Studio North / Client work
Website relaunch
A clearer first impression. From the initial brief to launch.
Direction agreed
A shared brief and a clear starting point
Complete
Design ready
The story, the pages, the experience
Working towards
Ready to launch
The final checks before it goes live
Ahead
05Time
Understand the effort behind it.
The finished work tells only part of the story. Keep time in the project’s context, so you can reflect on the effort behind delivery—not just whether a task was ticked off.
- Keep time alongside the work it relates to.
- Build a clearer picture of delivery effort.
- Bring that understanding into your next project.
Time becomes useful when it has context.
Studio North / Client work
Website relaunch
A clearer first impression. From the initial brief to launch.
Time in this project
- Discovery & direction3h
- Homepage design7h 30m
- Project coordination2h
Built around real client work
Tell us how
your team works.
We’re building Carbon first for our own teams. If you deliver client work, we’d like to hear where your current tools get in the way—and what a better project workspace would make possible.
Talk about your workflowOpens an email draft to george@xeneos.com. No automatic sign-up.