Timesheets.

No matter what company you work for, there is no doubt that they’re not the favourite part of anyone’s job. In fact, it’s safe to say in most cases; they’re considered a hassle – and can even be seen by some individuals as a lack of trust within their role.

But once you look past a timesheet being a way for Management to ‘keep tabs’ on staff, you start to appreciate their true value.

If you are a company who estimates work based on hourly/day rates, then timesheets quickly become the most valuable tool you have; both from your own perspective and your clients.

Timesheets:

1. Allow you to see how many hours were spent on a particular project and evaluate it based on this measure. Has it been profitable? If no, where was the time burned? What can be done to mitigate this going forward?
2. Allow you to quickly produce accurate project KPIs, based on actual time logged.
3. Help you to validate contingency hours to clients, by providing an accurate breakdown of time spent on the project.
4. Allow you to monitor company billability across projects, departments and individuals.
5. Allow you to evaluate where time is being un-necessarily burned on a company and personal level. Would there be value in outsourcing certain tasks?
6. Help you to manage planning more efficiently; knowing that the time booked in for one person is achievable within the timeframe based on previous experience.
7. Evaluate current staffing levels, based on the level of hours being logged.
8. Ensure that new work is being quoted realistically, based on previous developments.
9. Help you to spot trends and identify risks.
10. And more.

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Well, with my first month out of the way and having fully acclimatised to the Manor, I thought it was finally time to lose my blogging cherry and post something… And what better way to start than to introduce our latest recruit JD, who has joined us as a Jnr Project Manager.

  
Having worked Client side for a number of years developing his skills and wanting a new challenge, JD has made the switch to agency, working alongside myself to keep the rest of the team in check (!) and to offer our clients outstanding service.

We wish him every success in this position.

(And thanks to Gav for being kind with my blog name!) :0)

A big hello to Niki who joined us this week as Snr project manager… now all our asses will be kicked.

Niki comes with 6 years project management background. Working both client and agency side. So she has a good understanding of the pressures and politics that both environments.

And she wears funny slippers around the office!!