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Time Tracking or time sheets have significant benefits for organizations, but getting your team on board can be challenging.\u00a0 It is clear why organizations want to utilize time tracking \u2013 increased visibility, accountability, optimizing resources, and charging back departments.\u00a0 However, chances are your employees do not see it that way.\u00a0 They most likely see time tracking as an avenue for micromanagement (Big Brother), scrutiny over work performed, or lack of trust \u2013 none of which may be true.\u00a0 Take a step back and look at it through their eyes.\u00a0 For greater adoption and less resistance, encourage your managers to focus on the benefits to the employees<\/strong>,<\/em> rather than just looking at the benefits to the organization.\u00a0 Below are a few benefits to employees that will be helpful in rolling out your time tracking or time sheet initiative:<\/p>\n

Get More Resources\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You will never have enough resources.\u00a0 Markets are much more competitive than ever; forcing your organization to do more with the same amount of resources. For PMOs or Project Managers, one of the most challenging aspects of their jobs is making the case for additional resources. Tracking time enables managers to measure the amount of time being spent on projects and allow them to accurately forecast future resource demand \u2013 facilitating their ability to quantify their case for hiring.<\/p>\n

Shift From Reactive \u201cCrisis\u201d Mode to Proactive Mode \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Once you know that you will be associating your work with specific time, you will naturally focus on the things that are important.\u00a0 It is easy to get caught up in \u201curgent matters\u201d or \u201cfire drills\u201d that ultimately do not impact your bottom line.\u00a0 We\u2019ve all been there; a request comes in and it will only \u201ctake a few minutes\u201d to complete, so you just get it done and move on.\u00a0 However, unplanned tasks contribute to loss of perspective on the greater picture.\u00a0 By tracking time, you will not only focus on the \u201curgent\u201d but the \u201curgent and important\u201d \u2013 ultimately increasing your impact to the organization.<\/p>\n

Increase Credibility Through Better Forecasting Accuracy \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Just knowing that you are going track what you worked on and for how long will drive good natured competitiveness.\u00a0 Seeing your time spent on tasks next to others will want team members to strive to do better \u2013 resulting in better organizational execution.<\/p>\n

Understand Time Spent On Non-Project Work\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you know where you have been spending your time, you have a better chance of being productive. How many times have you asked yourself, \u201cWow, where did the time go?\u00a0 I cannot believe we are already 3 weeks into the month.\u201d \u00a0By thinking through and recording where you spent your time, you will quickly enable yourself to become more self-aware of how much time you spend on productive versus non-productive tasks.\u00a0 You can then make adjustments if needed.<\/p>\n

Try using some of the suggestions above when speaking to your organization about time tracking.\u00a0 They already know that the organization will benefit, but try to make time tracking about them, not you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time Tracking or time sheets have significant benefits for organizations, but getting your team on board can be challenging.\u00a0 It is clear why organizations want to utilize time tracking \u2013 increased visibility, accountability, optimizing resources, and charging back departments.\u00a0 However, chances are your employees do not see it that way.\u00a0 They most likely see time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":6095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[467,513],"class_list":["post-6094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pmo-project-management-organizations","tag-innotas","tag-time-tracking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBig Brother? 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