How much is your time? TimePanther will answer!

TimePanther will learn the answers to questions that will help you look at your work from a slightly different point of view.

The most important resource of any freelancer - time. That it is the only irreplaceable resource, and that is what we are changing into rubles, dollars and other wrappers, giving us the necessary wealth. Therefore, for every freelancer must-have in the arsenal of any tool to account for the time and tasks. I use a service TimePanther, and here's why.

TimePanther - an online service that is used to track the performance of tasks spent on this time and the resulting compensation. Thus, you get a clear idea of ​​what you're working, how much and what the result will be.

The main service window is divided into two parts. On the left is a multi-level tree of your tasks. You can organize them by customer, project or any other way you want. On the right is the information about the currently selected project or a separate task. These data are grouped into several sections, drop by pressing the plus sign. Consider the contents of each of these sections separately.

• Description. A field in which you can add a description of the problem or any other related notes. You can insert links, images, code examples. It supports simple formatting.
• Payment. Section in which you make payment for information about this task or project. Allowed two types of payment: hourly, or one-time, after the completion of the work. Here you will see the Paid / Unpaid button that allows you to mark a task as it was already paid for.
• History. In this section, you will see a list of sessions or, more understandable language, approaches this task or project. Additionally, you can switch to an alternative mode and view the cost of his day by day.
• Weekly Reports. Very useful information, which allows you to view a chart, how much of your time you We spent this week on the job at all, at one time or another for individual projects or specifically specific task.
• Time Breakdown. This section is only present when viewing projects with subtasks. It displays a pie chart showing the distribution of time between tasks within the project.

Now that we are acquainted with the interface and basic features of the service, you can list questions that TimePanther can easily answer. And the answers to these questions will help you look at your work from a slightly different point of view.

1. How many hours a day do I work? I do not sit at the computer, and it is working?
2. On that I have spent so far? And what I was doing on Friday?
3. What day of the week for me is the most productive?
4. What is the task or project takes the most time? And last week?
5. Which task has brought me the most money? And taking into account the time spent?
6. What better to do: cheap fast task or a large but well-paid job?
7. And finally, the most important question that needs to know the answer every freelancer: How much is the hour of my time?

As you can see, the questions are all very relevant and of importance. In addition to collecting intelligence, TimePanther and has a great motivating influence. Picture of how every minute tupleniya to monitor your time is impaired, works better than any kick in the ass. By the way, for those who like to collect and store statistics it is possible to export the service reports in CSV format.

In conclusion, be sure it should be noted that the service all the time that I knew him (over three years), is in beta stage. This means that it is completely free and all its functions, including potentially chargeable, available to everyone.

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