Project Brief
A living definition of the product, user, constraints, assumptions, and next decision.
Hardware project management + document control
Know the next step in building your product.
Start with a clear, editable hardware journey, then keep the plan, files, product structure, vendors, quotes, feedback, and revisions connected as the product takes shape.
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Built around the deliverableCAD revisionsGeneral documentsTimeline + ownersVendors + handoffsVendor contacts
A useful starting point
Start with the journey. Change it as you learn.
The default project is a practical guide, not a locked process. Edit it, start blank, or import the plan you already use.
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Project Brief
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Concept images
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Look-and-feel prototype
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Working prototype
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First small batch
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Project management for physical work
Tasks are only part of a hardware project.
The real work lives in CAD, drawings, documents, supplier quotes, approvals, and the handoffs between people. When those deliverables sit in separate tools, the project plan loses the product.
Workbench keeps the plan and the project record together—so you can see what is current, who owns the next action, and what a vendor needs.
One working record
The work, the owner, and the handoff stay connected.
Workbench is structured around the things a physical-product project has to produce, review, and pass forward.
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Deliverables
Keep CAD, drawings, general documents, quotes, and other project files in one visible library.
Files · Documents · Versions
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Ownership
Put timing, responsibility, and review status next to the work instead of rebuilding the plan in email.
Timeline · Owners · Reviews
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Vendor handoffs
Connect each supplier to the contacts, agreements, quotes, files, and next steps needed to move work forward.
Vendors · NDAs · Handoffs
Files + documents
The current file should be obvious.
Keep design files, drawings, quote documents, notes, and other deliverables in the same project library. See what each file is, what it supports, and whether it is ready for review or still needed.
- CAD and design files
- General project documents
- Visible status and version context
- Review controls close to the file
CAD revision history, without the jargon
Know which version to use.
Workbench keeps version information with the CAD file. People reviewing, quoting, or building from it can identify the current version and see the context that belongs with it.
Less time asking “is this the latest file?”
More confidence before a file leaves the project.
Timeline + ownership
Make responsibility visible.
Open the plan in Gantt view, switch to List or Calendar, and focus one task at a time. Each task keeps its status near the title with owner, parent task, timing, duration, description, and supporting context close by.
What
A clear deliverable
Who
One visible owner
When
A current timeline
In-app templates
Useful documents and tasks, ready inside the project.
Get Quotes
Find vendors and track quotes together. Aim for three comparable quotes when practical; fewer may be right for specialized work.
Track design, build and delivery
An editable task structure for the physical work, owners, dates, and handoffs.
Feedback
An appendable living document for observations, decisions, and what to change next.
Concept images
Upload images or link to an external generation tool. Workbench keeps the references; it does not generate images.
Vendors + handoffs
Manage the vendor relationship—not just the vendor name.
Find vendor choices in Workbench or add your own. Compare capabilities and context, choose whom to engage, and keep contacts, agreements, quotes, files, open items, and next steps attached to a relationship you control.
Explore vendor handoffs
Continuity from vendor to vendor
A handoff should carry more than an attachment.
When work moves between suppliers, the receiving vendor needs the right file, the current decision, the right contact, and a clear next action.
Compare vendor choices
Browse vendors in Workbench or add a supplier you already know. You decide who moves forward.
Collect the working record
Keep the contact, NDA, quote, files, open items, and agreed next step together.
Pass the work forward
Carry the right context as work moves from one vendor or specialist to the next.
Vendor outreach
Keep the contact and handoff with the project.
Keep the vendor contact, quote record, file, open question, and next step with the project. When you contact a vendor, Workbench opens your email; it does not send, read, or sync that email.
Vendor contactQuote follow-upHandoff ownershipOutstanding items
Your vendor relationships
Compare partners. Keep the relationship yours.
Workbench helps you find, compare, and coordinate independent vendors without assigning one to you. You choose whom to outsource to and control the scope, relationship, and decision. HardwareHub Consulting is one optional vendor among the choices you may consider.
HardwareHub owns and operates Workbench, and HardwareHub Consulting may appear as one optional owner-operated vendor. A listing, order, or score is not an independent endorsement, certification, or guarantee of capability, quality, price, lead time, compliance, or fit. You remain responsible for due diligence and vendor agreements.
As of September 1, 2026, HardwareHub does not receive compensation from vendors presented in Workbench, except that it may receive compensation from Slingshot in some circumstances. You still choose, vet, contract with, and pay each vendor separately; a listing is not an endorsement or guarantee.
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Your product information stays yours.
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The project record, made practical.
What is HardwareHub Workbench?+
Workbench is project-management and document-control software for physical-product work. It gives project deliverables, files, timing, ownership, vendors, updates, and handoffs one connected home.
Can Workbench organize both CAD and general documents?+
Yes. Workbench is designed to keep design files alongside general project documents, drawings, quotes, and other deliverables, so the working record is not split across unrelated folders and tools.
Does Workbench keep file revisions?+
Workbench keeps version information with project files, including CAD, so the current file and its revision context are easier to identify before someone downloads, reviews, or hands it off.
Can I add my own vendors?+
Yes. Add vendors you already use, compare them with other choices in Workbench, and decide which relationship to pursue.
What can I keep with a vendor?+
Vendor records can keep practical handoff context together, including contacts, capabilities, NDA context, your recorded selection status, quotes, related files, open questions, and next steps.
How does vendor outreach work?+
Workbench keeps the vendor contact and handoff context with the project. When you contact a vendor, Workbench opens your email; it does not send, read, or sync that email.
Who chooses and controls the vendor relationship?+
You do. Workbench helps you find, compare, select, and coordinate vendors, but it does not assign one. HardwareHub Consulting is one optional vendor you may consider and is never included automatically with the software.
HardwareHub Workbench
Give every deliverable a clear home.
Bring the files, owners, vendors, and handoffs behind your physical product into one working project record.