I can understand it. I am a consultant and use a time tracker of my own creation. Its data drives my higher level time sheets and invoices as well as my own overview of project and task time allocation. For one, not every task can be represented with app usage and not every app represents a unique task. If my tracker shows 5 hours spent in Firefox, does that mean I'm busy browsing Javadoc pertinent to the project, posting my resume, or goofing off on Facebook?
Alexey ________________________________ From: Steven Herod <[email protected]> To: The Java Posse <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, November 8, 2009 10:27:01 PM Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Java Posse #276 - Roundup 09 - Where Does Developer Time Go? This product is for windows. It logs all your app usage and you can go thru it afterwards. http://www.sphericaltech.com/ I liked it, the team I inflicted it on hated it, they liked doing it all manually. I never understood that :) On Nov 9, 10:19 am, Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Obviously I'm a little bit behind in my Posse listening, as I only > listened to #276 yesterday. :-) However, I found this a really > interesting discussion, particularly because I am in a small team and > my role encompasses both development and user support. > > One big issue I have is actually trying to track what I do each day, > so I can get a picture of what is going on with my time. I've tried > numerous time trackers, but I generally tend to forget to switch them > when I change tasks. The best two I have found is TimeCult (http:// > timecult.sourceforge.net/) and TaskCoach (http://www.taskcoach.org/). > But it's the same issue with each - they require me to remember to > stop and start a timer. > > Does anyone know of any decent apps that will automatically log how > much time you spend in different apps? Eg. if I could get a picture > of the amount of time I have eclipse open versus the amount of time I > have Outlook open, I'd get a reasonable picture of how much time I am > spending answering emails from customers or my team, and how much I am > actually in my IDE. This would be very useful when it comes to sprint > planning and trying to estimate how much time I have to allocate to > actual development each sprint. > > Andrew. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
