"7pace has transformed our approach to time tracking. It’s been a game-changer for our project management and efficiency."
Tiffany Bellah, Director of Operations Enterprise Applications, Togetherwork
Tailoring time tracking for Togetherwork’s complex operations
Togetherwork, a leader in software solutions for group management and payments, sought an enhanced time tracking system to support their complex operations across nine product lines. Tiffany Bellah, Director of Operations Enterprise Applications, recognized the need for a specialized solution that could ensure accurate, real-time tracking of billable hours across diverse teams.
While their existing project management tool, monday.com, offered value, manual updates led to inefficiencies and delayed reporting. Bellah and her team explored alternatives and found that 7pace Timetracker provided the flexibility and insights necessary to streamline workflows and empower employees to manage their time effectively without feeling micromanaged.
Empowering teams with flexible time tracking
After implementation, Togetherwork discovered 7pace Timetracker’s flexibility, allowing team members to log time in ways that suited their individual work preferences. This adaptability increased time logging consistency and enabled Togetherwork to streamline how data was fed into other areas of the company.
"We’ve got a lot of different needs, and that’s why we looked for something as flexible as 7pace. Whether employees prefer the weekly view, items, or update sections, they can choose the method that works best for them."
Tiffany Bellah, Director of Operations Enterprise Applications
Togetherwork's professional services and operations teams use 7pace to track time across multiple product lines. By setting up dashboards linked to project data, Bellah and her team could easily monitor time allocation for various applications and projects.
"I’ve got dashboards set up with connected project data that make it easy to do a weekly data transfer of all time logs. Everything’s already set up in our system."
Tiffany Bellah, Director of Operations Enterprise Applications
The flexibility in viewing and logging time not only empowered employees but also allowed managers to gain better insights. Bellah noted that switching to the weekly or daily view helped her team move from a reactive mode to a more proactive approach.
“Rather than constantly reacting to our product lines' needs, I could look ahead and see what we had been working on. It’s allowed us to better plan and allocate time.”
Tiffany Bellah, Director of Operations Enterprise Applications
How Togetherwork leverages 7pace Timetracker: Main use cases
Togetherwork has found multiple innovative ways to use 7pace Timetracker across their organization, tailoring the tool to fit their unique needs and workflows. Tiffany Bellah and her team have taken full advantage of 7pace’s flexibility and powerful integration with monday.com to streamline processes, track project time, and improve overall efficiency. Here are some key use cases:
- Time blocking with My Time calendar view: Togetherwork’s team uses the "My Time" calendar view to plan and block out their weekly workload. This feature allows them to stay organized and focus on what needs to be completed each week, ensuring better time management and task prioritization.
- Flexible time logging and editing: The team appreciates the ability to click and drag time logs or items live on various boards. They can also edit time directly in the updates section, which makes tracking and managing time more intuitive and responsive to their workflow. This flexibility encourages consistent time logging and reduces friction in day-to-day operations.
- Comprehensive dashboard integration: Using 7pace’s Times Explorer view, Bellah’s team can quickly filter and push time logs to different boards, utilizing the match function to mirror data points. This setup allows them to populate dashboards with real-time data for project tracking and status updates, offering a clear, up-to-date view of where time is being spent.
- Business case development: With data from a three-month period of time tracking, Tiffany was able to build a compelling business case for adding an additional headcount. The detailed categorization of tasks and time spent across projects demonstrated the team’s workload and justified the need for more support, making a direct impact on resource allocation within the organization.
- Post-project reporting: After each project, Tiffany’s team can share exactly how time was spent, providing valuable insights to various product lines within Togetherwork. This transparency has been eye-opening, giving product teams a better understanding of the work being done and helping them to plan future projects more effectively.
Unlocking 87% efficiency and improved insight with 7pace Timetracker
Togetherwork’s adoption of 7pace Timetracker revolutionized how their teams approached time tracking, leading to significant improvements in efficiency, accuracy, and team empowerment.
"The flexibility 7pace offers allows our team members to use it in ways that best suit their work styles. Automated reporting has saved us countless hours, and the insights it provides have been key to our success."
Tiffany Bellah, Director of Operations Enterprise Applications, Togetherwork
Key Results:
- 87% reduction in time spent: It used to take Tiffany all day to compile time tracking reports. With 7pace, she is now able to do it in 45 minutes.
- Improved efficiency: Togetherwork saw immediate time savings, with automated dashboards reducing reporting prep time from days to minutes.
- Enhanced accuracy: 7pace’s features improved the accuracy of time logs, eliminating the guesswork previously involved in weekly updates. Automated processes and custom views made the entire time-tracking process feel less like an administrative burden and more like an insightful tool for workload management.
- Empowered teams: Team members appreciated the freedom to log time according to their work style. This flexibility not only led to higher engagement with the system but also empowered them to plan their workdays more effectively.
- Business insights: The ability to analyze time spent across multiple applications and project lines gave Togetherwork a clearer understanding of task durations.
7pace Timetracker provided Togetherwork with the adaptable and user-friendly time tracking solution they needed. This partnership has not only enhanced operational efficiency but also empowered teams, giving them the tools to take control of their time and plan ahead more effectively.
Track your time more effectively with 7pace Timetracker
If your teams dread logging their activity, and managers spend hours gathering data and insights, it’s time for a change.
With 7pace Timetracker, teams spend less time on logging their activity and can do so in multiple ways.
Managers have a comprehensive view of how time is spent. Plus, with advanced filtering options, they get to slice and dice columns as they see fit and get invaluable insights in seconds. And with the Reporting API, they can instantly extract time data for reporting to a tool of their choice.
Last but not least, 7pace’s seamless integration makes your team feel like they’ve never left the native app.
7pace is available on three platforms:
- 7pace Timetracker for Jira: A rising star on the Atlassian Marketplace.
- 7pace Timetracker for monday.com: Fastest-growing time-tracker for monday.com teams.
- 7pace Timetracker for Azure DevOps: An undisputed marketplace leader in the time-tracking category.
Just like Togetherwork, your business can see the impact of 7pace Timetracker, too.
About Togetherwork
Togetherwork is a leader in software and payments for member-based organizations, helping them grow, become more efficient, increase revenues, and provide excellent service to their members and constituents. To learn more, please visit www.togetherwork.com.
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