Introduction
Aren’t all the businesses that are working on various projects willing to invest their time!
Investing time in the right direction is the key to good project management, and analysing and managing this correctly is an intrinsic quality of a good project manager.
When a project is in progress, there’s a lot to track with respect to time, such as:
- Hours spent on each task/status.
- The assignee’s time of status was high.
- Most importantly, time spent in each project stage.
To improve the efficiency of workflow, one needs to analyse time, but one also needs data to have more control over one’s project progress.
Popular Features of Time Tracking Software
Some of the popular features of time tracking software that are much needed in today’s world to achieve the goal of project management more efficiently are:
1. Time in Status Report
This is the most widely used feature by Jira users, as it shows precisely how much time each task has spent in workflow status. Getting a detailed report about this can help PMs make informed decisions about team workflow, like where to cut some steps, how to decrease the maximum time spent, and giving personal attention to the assignee who is taking a long time to finish tasks.
To make things better and more productive, the software also comes up with additional options to further filter the data, viz, filter data by project, Fix version, sprint, issue dates, status, assignee, Jira filter, and JQL.
2. Power BI Export
The tech and DSA worlds clearly know that Power BI offers robust data visualization tools to transform complex data sets into interactive dashboards. Some time in status tools allows importing time status reports to Power BI using the JSON Feed feature. Some key benefits of importing data to Power BI are:
- Advanced data visualization
- Enhanced data integration
- Advanced analytics
- Customisable dashboards and reports
When taking a monthly or weekly performance review, Excel or CSV files with Time in Status reports imported come in handy.
3. CSV/Excel Export
The feature of exporting the data of the tool to a CSV and Excel file or Google Spreadsheets allows one to examine a particular issue with the project, like prolonged “in progress” status for a task in the project. During stand-ups, scrum meetings, or review meetings, there can be transparency regarding the issue, and data will be handy in Excel, CSV, or Google spreadsheets.
Take Home Message
Time in status reports, which give maximum features, allows one to monitor, analyse, and make informed decisions for the project.
Time in Status by RVS is one tool that can help you achieve this objective by giving all these features to its users. Not only this, but there are 20 more such features that can bring transparency and value to its users and teams working on it.
Try the status tool to identify loopholes or hindrances to your project’s workflow and make productive changes in your Jira workflow.