---
title: "Project management"
description: "Organise your TIR work into projects, and use Project Settings to manage each project's details, members, policies, usage, and activity."
content_type: "overview"
product: "projects"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/projects/"
---

# Project management

A project is the workspace where your TIR resources live: instances, VMs, datasets, model endpoints,
pipelines, and the rest. Everything you create belongs to the project you are working in, and the people you
add to a project work on its resources. Use one project per piece of work, such as a product, a client, or a
research effort, so each keeps its own resources, people, and costs apart.

TIR opens on the dashboard of a default project, ready for your first resources. Add more projects as your
work grows.

## Where to find your projects

The **Project** selector at the top of the side menu lists your projects. Choose a project to switch to it, or
type part of its name to search. The project opens on its **Dashboard**, which shows what the project holds
and starts common tasks. **Create Project** sits under the selector.

## Project Settings

Each project has its own **Project Settings**. To open it while you are in the
project, select **Project Settings** in the side menu. You can also select the project's settings icon
in the **Projects** list.

Project Settings has five tabs:

| Tab                   | What you do there                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **General**           | Change the project's name and description, or delete the project. See [Update or delete a project](/tir/projects/how-to/update-or-delete-a-project/).                              |
| **Project Members**   | Add people to the project, change their project role, or remove them. See [Manage project members and policies](/tir/tir-iam/how-to/manage-project-members-and-policies/).         |
| **Resource Usage**    | See how much each kind of resource in the project has been used, and what it cost. See [View resource usage and activity](/tir/projects/how-to/view-resource-usage-and-activity/). |
| **Activity Timeline** | See the actions taken in the project. See [View resource usage and activity](/tir/projects/how-to/view-resource-usage-and-activity/#view-the-activity-timeline).                   |
| **Policies**          | Create the policies that decide which services a Member can use. See [Policies](/tir/tir-iam/how-to/manage-project-members-and-policies/#policies).                                |

What you can change on each tab depends on your role; see
[Roles and permissions](/tir/tir-iam/concepts/roles-and-permissions/).

## What you can do

- [Create a project](/tir/projects/how-to/create-a-project/) for a new piece of work.
- [Switch between projects](/tir/projects/how-to/switch-between-projects/) to work on another project's
  resources.
- [Use the project dashboard](/tir/projects/how-to/use-the-project-dashboard/) to see what a project holds
  and start common tasks.
- [View resource usage and activity](/tir/projects/how-to/view-resource-usage-and-activity/) to see what a
  project has used and cost, and what was done in it.
- [Update or delete a project](/tir/projects/how-to/update-or-delete-a-project/) when its name changes or
  its work is finished.

The **Identity & Access Management (IAM)** page and the **Project Members** tab control who can reach a project. See
[TIR Access Control](/tir/tir-iam/).

## Where to start

[Get started with projects](/tir/projects/get-started/) creates a project and brings a teammate into it. The
[Projects FAQ](/tir/projects/faq/) has short answers, and
[Troubleshooting projects](/tir/projects/troubleshooting/projects/) helps with the messages TIR shows.