Project Center 2.0 is a browser-based line-of-business application — nothing to push to workstations, one relational database as the single source of truth, schema changes that ship as reviewable code, and access control that's enforced on the server, not just hidden in the UI. This page is written for whoever on your team has to say yes to it.
No proprietary runtime, no black-box data format — a standard, well-understood stack your team can evaluate the normal way.
A Blazor Server application — users open it in a browser. Nothing to package, push, or keep updated across individual workstations.
Every module — CRM, estimating, scheduling, production, billing, and every add-on module — reads and writes the same PostgreSQL database. One source of truth, not five exports that drift apart.
Every schema change ships as a reviewable, reversible migration and is applied deliberately — never a hand-run ALTER TABLE against production.
The role-based screen access matrix and the PIN gates on sensitive centers are checked server-side — not client-side hiding that a curious user could bypass.
Every meaningful change across every module writes to an activity log, viewable by date range and printable — a real record, not just recent browser history.
A background service checks stage timers once a minute and moves or archives cards on its own when a configured rule is met — no external cron job or scheduled task to babysit.
Everyone works against the same live database with presence shown — no shared spreadsheet lock file, no "who has it open" guessing game.
Runs on your own infrastructure or cloud account, or hosted by Rock River Consulting — either way, the database and its backups belong to you.
One PostgreSQL database is the single source of truth for the whole platform — your team can connect with any standard PostgreSQL client or reporting tool if direct access is ever needed, and back it up the same way you back up any other database.
Through EF Core migrations — each one a reviewable file, applied with a deliberate, logged step. Nothing changes the schema silently in the background.
The role-based access matrix and the PIN gates on HR, Finance, and Admin centers are checked on the server on every request — not just menu items hidden in the browser.
A modern browser and network access to wherever the application is hosted — nothing installed, nothing to keep patched on individual workstations.
You can run it on your own infrastructure from day one, or have Rock River Consulting host it and migrate later — the database is a standard PostgreSQL instance either way, so there's no proprietary export step to worry about.
| Capability | Typical desktop LOB software | Generic no-code SaaS platform | Project Center 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runs in a browser, no per-machine install | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard relational database you can query directly | ~ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Schema changes tracked as reviewable code | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Role-based access enforced server-side | ~ | ~ | ✓ |
| Full audit trail across every module | ~ | ~ | ✓ |
| You own the database & backups outright | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Proprietary data format / vendor lock-in | ~ | ✓ | ✕ |
✓ present · ~ partial / depends on vendor · ✕ not covered — for the last row, ✕ is the good outcome
No exotic requirements — a standard web application and a standard database, either self-hosted or hosted for you.
Every module Rock River Consulting turns on — HR onboarding, machine maintenance, room design, finance, the GM home page — runs inside this same application, against this same database, under the same access matrix and audit trail. There's no separate system per module to individually secure, patch, or back up.