Core Concepts (CDPM)
TensorPM is built on Context Driven Project Management (CDPM). The core idea: keep a living project context, and let all views (and AI assistance) derive from that context.
The CDPM cycle in TensorPM
CDPM can be understood as a loop:
- Context: maintain your single source of truth
- Analysis: check completeness and plausibility
- Guidance: decide what to do next (priorities, focus)
- Updates: turn new signals into precise context changes
In the app, you typically touch these via:
- Context / Profile tab for project context
- Guidance tab for prioritization and next-step suggestions
- Action Items tab for execution
- Distillates tab for reviewing and committing structured updates
Context is not “documentation”
In TensorPM, context is meant to be operational:
- It drives what the app shows (budgets, risks, timeline, stakeholders).
- It makes AI output less generic because the AI can reference real project constraints.
- It reduces “status-by-slide-deck” by keeping status close to the work.
Rolling forecast instead of fixed plans
As you update action items, dates, risks, and milestones, the app can reflect an always-current picture of the project.
This is most useful when you:
- Keep action item statuses up-to-date
- Track effort/time where it matters
- Re-run Guidance checks when scope or constraints change
Where to go next
- To set up context properly: Project Creation Wizard
- To understand execution: Action Items
- To prioritize effectively: Guidance
- To work with AI and quick actions: AI Panel