Effective Time Tracking Benefits Small Business Project Management
Posted by Dana Larson on February 11, 2010
In online project management, the ability to track time spent on tasks is almost as important as the ability to manage tasks in the first place. Knowing how long it takes to complete a task or a project aids in project planning and ultimately the team’s success of that project.
For small business project management, effective time tracking can mean the difference between a well-oil machine and an over-worked stressed out team. You want to make sure you are planning appropriately for the capacity of your team, as well as giving yourself enough room to complete quality work in a timely manner.
OnePlace has a strong time tracking feature that allows you to input the estimated number of hours a task is likely to take. From here, you can plan total hours for all tasks in a project, and make sure they are allocated among team members appropriately.
Your team can then work on each task and apply time spent directly into the task. OnePlace automatically calculates how much time has been spent and how much time is remaining until the task is complete. Once complete, project managers can view the overall status of their project and see which percentage of time estimated has been completed to date.
This time tracking feature is great for any service company, such as a marketing agency, that needs to track hours and work based on a weekly or monthly retainer. Consultants can use task time tracking effectively as well, by documenting how long projects take and billing their clients accordingly.
OnePlace also has a detailed weekly time tracking report, which shows how much time each team member has spent on each task under any project each week. This helps project managers keep track of the effort each team member is putting in to their tasks, and also helps identify if a person is working overtime.
With features to aid in small business project management, OnePlace is the solution to increase business success by empowering your people to be successful.
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