Action Board
The single most important recommended task at every lifecycle stage, derived from live workbook evidence — blocked tasks show their specific reason and remediation path, not just a disabled state.
The action board solves the orientation problem: at any given moment in a project lifecycle, what is the most important thing to do right now? In most project control environments, answering that question requires the practitioner to hold a complete mental model of what has been done, what the current data state is, and what governance requirements apply at this point in the project. The action board replaces that mental load with a surface that derives the answer from the workbook itself.
Evidence-Driven Recommendations
The recommended task is not selected from a generic phase checklist. It is derived from the same evidence evaluation that drives the five data-state indicators — the system reads actual workbook state and determines which task would most improve the quality of the current project picture. If actuals are stale, the recommendation is to update actuals. If the baseline has not been captured for a scope that is ready to baseline, the recommendation is to capture the baseline. The recommended task is always the action that would most meaningfully move the project picture forward given current conditions.
Goal Language
Recommended tasks are written in goal language rather than imperative commands. A task is not "Import actuals" — it is "Bring actuals current through the reporting period." This framing helps users understand what they are trying to accomplish, not just what buttons to click, which makes the recommendation useful even when the specific execution path is unfamiliar.