Monday 19 September 2011

Timesheet its benefits and its purpose

                                    In an organization engaged in software development business, timesheet is filled by all developers and testers working on any project. time sheet is a sheet of pre-formatted fields in which daily tasks performed by each person are filled in their individual sheet so that they can clearly understand how far a particular person work and his efficiency . The scope ,purpose and nature of timesheet varies from organization to organization. Timesheet usually comprises of person’s name, date, project name, plan for the day, and the tasks actually performed against the planned activities. It is not a complex format but it returns valuable information. It can also be termed as daily task sheet of each individual.
                                Filled time sheet is sent by each developer or tester to their respective leaders routinely. Besides sending it to leader, as per organization directive, a copy may be required to send to HR and/or Accounts department. The frequency may vary from daily or weekly to monthly. It may also be used by accounts person to allocate the resource (developer of tester) to the respective cost centre. In positive sense the purpose of timesheet is not to track the person but to prepare a repository to refer to immediately or later for various purposes. The purposes could be the calculation of total man hours spent on a project, the cost incurred on a project, the engagement/pace/% time of an individual in a project, backlog analysis at any stage during the development, re-allocation of task, requirement analysis etc. It becomes a good tool for HR to find out the vacation trend of an individual. HR or project leader can also schedule the trainings and vacations for each individual based on their timesheet that clearly tells their workload level.
                                  Nowadays, there are a number of sources from which business owners especially of start up companies can gain access to the tools that can help them make their company's operations more efficient and also the helpful information on how they can maximize the use of such tools. One of these includes online companies who offer web based time sheet software and helpful advice on how to use them. There are a number of online companies that provide such services, and a simple search online can provide business owners with thousands of leads.
                                    For start up companies, it is important for them to gain access to time sheet that they can use to help them make their company's operations more efficient. The good news is that there are now a number of sources that business owners can tap, which can give them access to the right tools and helpful information on how to use and maximize the benefits they provide.



1 comment:

  1. It is also a good method to help understand which are the asks taking up the most time in your employees work day.Web Timesheet service

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