Task Time Recording In The Cloud With Depute

Often it is important that you time record for a task. That might be for your own informational purposes or because you have then bill or invoice that time onto someone.

We have a time entry application, read below for more information, or goto our list of timesheet applicationsif you want to look through other choices.

Time recording can often seem dull, and you probably think;

• It's dull and boring and means a lot of work to do it right?
• What does it accomplish?
• It's time consuming?
• It's not what my job is about?

Let's try to address some of these points;

Time Recording is dull and boring and means a lot of work to do it?

Okay, agreed, mainly, it's dull and boring, so let us make it as quick and as easy as possible.

Time Recording. It's time consuming?

Apart from automating as much as possible where you need to, ensure you make this a habit and make Time Recording part of every task. If you get used to doing it every time you do anything it will become second nature and not be as much of a burden. If you don't do this then it will be such a burden, there is no other alternative we have thought of.

Time Recording. What does it accomplish?

Quite a few things actually;

• It can act as an aide memoir.
• It can be analyzed, if you ever get some spare time, to help you become more efficient.
• It will help to show value if questioned by someone such as a colleague or a client

Time Recording Fundamentals;

As well as noting the task to be recorded against, note the start time, the finish time, and the time taken for the task.

Whether you are using a paper timesheet, recording time via a time recording spreadsheet in excel, or a by using a purpose made time recording application these need to be recorded.

It's important to accurately record the time you are recording as it will be difficult to remember what you did back at that time so don't fall into the trap of telling yourself you will do it later.

To work out what you need to record as the narrative for a piece of time, picture yourself being questioned about the time entry, let's say, by a client you have billed time for.

Firstly, and importantly, ask yourself why are you asking that question, if there is a question then you have the time entry narrative incorrect. Let's say you have a time entry "telephone client" and you are asked to explain what this was, if this is a long time after the event, can you do it?

So why not put "Telephone client regarding land lease".
Obviously, you do not want to create stories for your narrative, but you do need to record correctly what you are doing.

There are ways of phrasing text, an entry that says, "spell checking documents" is more acceptably phrased as "reviewing and creating document set".
Also, if you can, learn from what gets done to your time entries after you have finished with them. If your time recording is amended at billing time, then take some time to ask what was done and why.

In short, phrase your time recording in a way that the client will appreciate the value in the task.

Tmie record accurately, ensuring you record all time.

You need to ensure that your time is not recorded as more than it should be, or less than it should be otherwise any analysis of that time will not be true. Time which cannot be billed should be placed on a non-chargeable code.

Nobody showed me how to teim record, at least not for more than ten minutes?;

Any system which is not self intuitive, or has not been setup to your working requirements needs adjusting.

Time recording is not what my job is about?

Ok,true. But limit the time you spend on time recording, and show your value.
We offer an easy to use online todo list with a timer for task based time recording. All times recorded with Depute are stored in the database and you can perform a time analysis of tasks at a later date to see how long, on average, a particular recurring task is taking to perform.

You are able to enter time anywhere at any time as we provide cloud based time recording, and to create an online timesheet, simply "Click on the Clock" to start and stop an online timer.



A timer will display;



So you can go perform your task and come back when ever you are ready;



The recorded times are always then available for you to view or analyse for a task.

Why use cloud based time recording?

No expensive hardware, no upgrades to pay for, no complex upgrades to apply yourself, simple to budget for. Click here to go back to our online to do list app contents page;

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