Asana plans your office work. A shutdown runs on permits, isolations and a swing roster
Custom project management software for a Perth resources or construction firm runs AUD $80k to $190k over 4 to 7 months. You build custom when your projects are shutdowns and turnarounds, governed by permits, isolations and FIFO crew availability, and Asana, Monday or Jira have no model for any of that.
Asana, Monday, Jira and ClickUp are built for office and software teams: tasks, assignees, due dates, a tidy board. A mining shutdown or an oil-and-gas turnaround doesn't run on tasks. It runs on permits to work, equipment isolations, scope locked weeks ahead, and a crew that's only on site for their swing. Sequencing depends on which isolation is in place and which ticketed worker is rostered on. Force that into a Monday board and you've made a pretty timeline that doesn't reflect the one thing that matters: whether the work can safely and legally proceed right now.
The result is the planning lives in Primavera or a spreadsheet for the real schedule, Monday for show, and a permit system that's separate again. Three sources of truth, and the shutdown coordinator reconciling them at 5am.
The fix: project management built for Perth, not rented
You build custom when scheduling depends on permits, isolations and roster availability, not just task dependencies. A purpose-built tool sequences shutdown work against active isolations, only assigns ticketed workers who are rostered on, ties tasks to permits to work, and gives the coordinator one source of truth instead of three. It plans the work the way a shutdown actually runs, around safety and availability, not around a Gantt chart.
The capability list that earns its budget
Project Management services we deliver in Perth
Digital Heroes builds the full project management stack for Perth teams. Typical engagements cover Gantt charts, resource scheduling, Asana alternative, Monday.com alternative and Jira integration.
What project management costs in Perth
| Project scope | Typical cost | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Shutdown scheduling tool | $80k to $130k | 4 to 5 months |
| Full PM + permits + crew integration | $140k to $190k | 5 to 7 months |
| Permit/isolation module on existing PM | $55k to $95k | 3 to 4 months |
How long it takes, phase by phase
Exactly what you get
You get project management that runs a shutdown, not an office board. Tasks sequenced against permits to work and active isolations, crew assignment that checks FIFO rosters and ticket currency, locked and change-controlled scope, and a coordinator dashboard showing what can legally and safely proceed right now. Field progress comes back offline-tolerant, and it connects to your HR software, field service management and ERP for one view of crews, jobs and cost.
How to choose a developer in Perth
Hire a team that has built around permits and isolations, not just tasks and assignees. Ask how a task is gated by a permit to work and an active isolation. Ask how crew assignment respects a swing roster and ticket currency. If they keep showing you a nicer Gantt chart, they don't understand a shutdown. The right partner gives a coordinator one source of truth, so the 5am spreadsheet reconciliation stops.
- Scheduling that respects permits, isolations and what can legally proceed now
- Crew assignment that checks FIFO rosters and ticket currency automatically
- One source of truth replacing Primavera-plus-Monday-plus-permits
- Shutdown scope locked and change-controlled, not silently edited
- Connects to your HR, field service and ERP for crews, jobs and cost
- More expensive than per-seat Asana or Monday licences
- Shutdown scheduling logic is complex and takes real discovery
- Needs buy-in from coordinators used to their own spreadsheets
- For ordinary office projects, generic PM tools are the right call
- !They show a Gantt chart and call it shutdown planning. Ask how permits gate a task
- !No isolation awareness. Ask how the tool knows what can safely proceed now
- !Crew assignment ignores rosters. Ask how it checks ticket currency and swing
- !No field progress capture. Ask how completion comes back from a remote site
- !No shutdown experience. Ask for a permit-aware schedule they've built
If project management is on the roadmap, field service management, booking & scheduling, mobile app usually follow within the year. Budget them as one conversation.
Rohan advises mid-market and enterprise teams on ERP, CRM and custom software, and has led delivery on dozens of business-software builds.
Writes for Digital Heroes, shipping business software for 2,000+ brands across 55+ countries since 2017.
Frequently asked questions
Why won't Asana or Monday do?
They model tasks, assignees and due dates. A shutdown runs on permits to work, isolations, locked scope and FIFO crew availability, none of which those tools represent, so the real schedule ends up in Primavera or a spreadsheet instead.
How does permit-aware scheduling work?
Tasks are tied to the permits and isolations they require, so the tool only shows work as ready when the right permit is active and the isolation is in place, giving coordinators a true 'what can proceed now' view.
Does it check crew tickets and rosters?
Yes. Crew assignment verifies that a worker is rostered on for the swing and holds current tickets for the task, so you don't schedule someone who can't legally do the work or isn't on site.
What does it cost?
AUD $80k to $190k depending on scope. A permit and isolation module on top of an existing PM tool runs $55k to $95k.