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Plan resources, track time, and see project financials — all in one place In the last 18 years, we’ve been listening to our customers. There was a common thread throughout all of our demos and conversations: project plans in one tool, time tracking in another, margin calculations in a spreadsheet. This wasn’t because teams preferred […]
Project cost tracking software — also called cost control systems or project budgeting tools — is no longer just about time logs. The real challenge is financial clarity: knowing where money is going, predicting where it’s about to go, and reporting it in real time. The best project time tracking software offers powerful project budget […]
Finance teams live in spreadsheets. Whether it’s payroll validation, project cost analysis, utilization reporting, or client profitability, timesheet data often ends up in Excel or Google Sheets. The current challenge isn’t whether you can export time data to a spreadsheet—it’s how cleanly, automatically, and reliably that gets there. This guide is written for finance leaders, […]
In project time tracking, it’s crucial to understand the difference between actual time, planned time, and earned time. Think of these three metrics as lanes in a swimming pool — each moving you forward, but at a different pace and with a different story to tell about your project’s progress. On their own, they can […]
Project cost tracking software — also called cost control systems or project budgeting tools — is no longer just about time logs. The real challenge is financial clarity: knowing where money is going, predicting where it’s about to go, and reporting it in real time. The best project time tracking software offers powerful project budget […]
Time tracking for contractors is crucial in today’s gig economy landscape. While staffing your company entirely with independent contractors might sound tempting, it comes with challenges and obligations. The growing distributed economy is increasingly regulated to protect these workers. It’s important to understand the costs, benefits, and obligations of using contractors and freelance workers, particularly […]
Time tracking tools to track billable hours have become indispensable assets for operations and finance managers seeking to optimize profitability and maintain precise project cost control. By accurately capturing the time spent on various tasks and projects, these applications provide helpful information for workflow efficiency, resource allocation, and billing accuracy. Also, they eliminate the guesswork and potential errors associated with manual time […]
There are a considerable number of project time tracking tools on the market. Because there are so many options, we’ve created this guide to today’s top project time tracking tools, making sure to include tools that offer features and price points to meet the needs of teams and businesses of all sizes. Project time tracking […]
When it comes to non-billable hours, businesses can totally reframe how they approach them. Rather than a knee-jerk reaction of directly trying to reduce non-billable hours, reframing your mindset to how best to manage non-billable hours can actually give you the upper hand. Non-billable hours: Strategic investment Your clients expect to be billed only for […]
If you bill clients based on the time you spend, here’s a pop quiz: which projects make the most money? Or even more importantly: which projects aren’t profitable? If you don’t know the answer to these questions, it’s time to start thinking about project profitability, a measurement of revenue billed versus time and cost expended. […]
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