# Five projects. One glance.

> The boss asks for a status update on all five projects in ten minutes.

Source: https://plexiidesk.com/use-cases/five-projects-one-glance
For: Manager running five projects
How it feels: Panic. What you want instead: Composed.
Updated: 2026-10-16

## The problem

Each project lives somewhere different: email, a spreadsheet, chat and your own head. Rebuilding the picture under pressure means guessing, and guessing in front of the boss feels like being found out.

## How Plexii handles it

A control-room desk holds a live Portal for each project desk. Ask Plexii “what changed on each project this week?” and it answers from those desks with numbered sources you can open. Related desks show what changed since you last looked.

This uses Plexii’s AI, which runs on Plexii credits or your own Anthropic key.

In short: When the boss asks “where are we?”, you should not have to go digging. Put a live window to every project on one desk, and ask Plexii what changed. It answers from your own work and shows where each line came from.

## Step-by-step guides

- [Watch several desks from one control-room desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/layout-control-room)
- [Portal widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/widget-portal)
- [See what Plexii read: the trace and citations](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-sources-and-trace)
- [Related desks and changes since your last visit](https://plexiidesk.com/help/desk-related-desks)

Screenshot: https://plexiidesk.com/usecase-assets/shots/layout-control-room.31559db359.webp (A screenshot of the real app, with sample data.)