Re: Do you record time?

Our IT staff has a very rudimentary home grown project accounting system
where we record our hours.

At the end of the month, the hours that can be directly attributed to a
project or support of another department are charged to that department.
And before you ask, I don't know how the dollar amount is determined. I
don't know if a standard rate is used, or if it is determined by the
individual employee.

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Thank you,
Ronald L. Zimmerman
Email: Ron-Zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/27/2009 09:11:55 AM:

If you do record time, what do you cross reference hours spent with? I
suppose that depends on one's work environment - an attorney might cross

reference with a customer case number, for billing purposes.

I could cross reference with the project management database - using
Project ID and optionally, Task ID. Or I could cross reference with

the

Work Request database - using Work Request ID.

Workers may be assigned to projects, or work requests. The main
difference between them is that projects are broadly scoped and assigned

to teams, while work requests are assigned to individuals. Either may

be

billable, but not necessarily.

Another option might be to cross reference with a personal or
organizational event calendar. Or cross reference with a personal ToDo
item - which anyone can set up and may or may not be related to specific

assignments.

Or you might cross reference with various activity codes, used for
recording paid vacation or personal time or time in a classroom.

I recall a couple former employers who had me punch my time card in a
machine with a clock when entering / leaving the building, but who knows

what they might have cross referenced that with?

You may have guess, already. The next application on my ToDo list is
time-card entry and maintenance.

Thanks for any feedback,

Nathan.