Ethan McNamara

Engineering

Fourteen investigations into how project work actually moves between people. Each one states a problem, shows the mechanism, draws the system boundary, and says plainly what is built and what is still an argument.

The full index

All fourteen, in the order they were investigated. Press ⌘ K to jump to one.

Drive

Your files. Your storage. — A Google Drive connection for project files, so your organisation keeps the documents and Signal Studio keeps the related work organised.

Film In development 01

Nudge

Ask for attention. Respect their time. — A private reminder for someone whose task or review needs attention.

Film Built foundation 02

Review / Annotate

Point to exactly what you mean. — A feedback tool for pointing to an exact part of a page and explaining what needs to change.

Film Prototype 03

Blueprint

Evolve the template. Preserve the choices. — Reusable project plans that can improve over time while keeping the changes each team has made.

Film Concept 04

Handshake

Invite someone into the decision. — A simple way for a supplier or client to confirm one project decision through a limited link.

Film Concept 05

Collect

The right file. In the right place. — A document checklist that lets suppliers upload the exact files a project needs.

Film Concept 06

Thread

One fact. Every place it matters. — A way to keep shared facts consistent across project documents, reports and presentations.

Concept 07

Echo

Reply by email. Keep the context. — A way to bring a supplier’s email reply into the relevant project task.

Concept 08

Shift

Move the milestone. Understand the consequences. — A planning tool that shows what else needs to move when a key project date changes.

Film Concept 09

Baton

Transfer responsibility with the work. — A structured project handover that shows the next owner what is still open and what they are taking responsibility for.

Concept 10

Reserve

One resource. One valid commitment. — A booking tool designed to keep two projects from being promised the same room, equipment or resource at the same time.

Concept 11

Accord

Find agreement that can actually work. — A decision tool that separates what people prefer from what a workable plan actually requires.

Concept 12

Playground

Try the product. Leave no trace. — A hands-on product demo where visitors can explore a realistic sample project without affecting real work.

Concept 13

Quote

Compare the offer behind the price. — A supplier comparison that shows what each offer includes, leaves out or still needs to explain.

Concept 14

How to read these

The honest part

Project maturity is separate from demonstration fidelity. A film can be complete while the product behind it is a concept. Drive is in development, with live provider acceptance still open. Nudge has delivery foundations; its queue, policy gate and cancellation are proposed. Review has a private founder extension; the shared approval layer is proposed. Blueprint has template foundations; the merge flow is proposed. The rest are concepts, and say so.

Every demonstration uses synthetic data. Nothing uploads a file, sends a message, grants a permission or writes to a database. The named people are illustrations. A completed story can still end with unresolved work, because that is what happens.

No adoption, performance or production-readiness claims are made anywhere on this site. Where something was measured, the measurement and its method are shown. Where it was not, it says so.