Ball-in-Court Project Management
FTC makes ownership explicit. Every task has one owner. Every decision is logged and searchable. Every deadline is visualized. No more context hunting or accountability gaps.
"I thought you were handling that." Tasks assigned to groups, not people. Status meetings to figure out who's blocked. Accountability gaps that kill projects.
"Why did we do it this way?" Decisions buried in Slack threads, email chains, and meeting notes. Six months later, nobody knows and you make the same mistake again.
Task lists without dependencies. No critical path visibility. You don't know what's actually blocking the deadline until it's too late.
The ball is always in someone's court. When you finish your part, you pass it. No ambiguity. No dropped balls.
The ball is with Mike. He's responsible for the next action. Everyone knows. No meetings needed.
Decisions aren't comments buried in threads. They're first-class artifacts, searchable forever.
We need ACID transactions for financial data and user accounts. MongoDB's eventual consistency isn't acceptable for billing. Migration path is clearer with Postgres.
Market research shows 87% of our target users work on desktop. Mobile can follow in Q2. This lets us hit the Feb 1 deadline with a polished web experience.
Full-text search across all decisions. Find "why did we choose Postgres" in seconds, not hours of Slack archaeology.
Connect decisions to tasks, projects, and other decisions. See the full context of why any work exists.
Complete history of who made what decision and when. Perfect for compliance, onboarding, and post-mortems.
Visualize timelines, dependencies, and bottlenecks. Know what's actually blocking your deadline.
FTC automatically calculates which tasks are on the critical path - any delay there delays the entire project. Focus your attention where it matters most.
Define finish-to-start, start-to-start, and other dependency types. When tasks slip, dependent tasks reschedule automatically.
Native integrations with the tools your team already uses.
Sync PRs to tasks. Auto-update status on merge. Create tasks from issues.
Get notified when the ball moves. Alert channels on decisions. Never miss updates.
Share credentials securely. Encrypted secrets with revocable access. No passwords in chat.
Sync jobs to projects. Link deals to tasks. Connected from lead to delivery.
Why teams switch to FTC from other project management tools.
| Feature | FTC | Asana | Jira | Linear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball-in-Court Ownership | Native | Workaround | Workaround | No |
| Decision Logs | First-class | Comments only | Comments only | Comments only |
| Gantt with Critical Path | Built-in | Premium add-on | Plugin required | Roadmap only |
| Real-time Updates | WebSocket | Polling | Polling | WebSocket |
| Secure Credential Sharing | Fortilis integration | No | No | No |
| GitHub Integration | Bidirectional | One-way | Native | Native |
| Pricing | See pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
Every task has exactly one owner at any time - the person "holding the ball." When you complete your part, you explicitly pass the ball to the next person. No more asking "who's responsible?" - ownership is always clear and visible.
Decision logs are first-class, searchable records attached to tasks. Unlike comments that get buried, decisions are tagged, timestamped, and permanently searchable. Months later, you can find exactly why a choice was made.
Yes. GitHub PR synchronization links pull requests to tasks automatically. Slack integration sends notifications and allows task updates from channels. Both integrations are included on all plans.
FTC automatically calculates the longest chain of dependent tasks - the critical path. Any delay on this path delays the entire project. You see exactly which tasks you can't afford to slip on.
FTC plan details are managed on the pricing page. See current pricing for available features, integrations, and team options.
Start with FTC free. Ball-in-court ownership, decision logs, and Gantt charts included.