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—Yamara ✉ 15:28, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

OK, since I put the cleanup tag on here, I should write about it:

  • Maybe expand the introductory definition a little
  • Something on the common types of information stored (i.e. fields in database parlance)
  • Reasons why they're used (i.e. billing customers)
  • "Originally..." paragraph can become a history section
  • "Advantages" could probably be converted to a discussion of their use
  • "Disadvantages" is the paragraph that really needed cleanup, and why I added the tag
  • Someone to help-out with listing the available software?
  • And we can probably put a sample image in
  • Do we have any pages on "clocking-in machines" (don't know what they're called) that we can link to?
  • Some of the discussion on this page could be converted to a comparison of time-tracking at factories (we don't trust you to work the hours you say) to white-collar environments, where they're more about billing clients (plus using them yourself to calculate overtime payments!)

Ojw 16:46, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Additional Advantage

07 Sept 05

I just added the below paragraph to Advantages

"In the project management world timesheets can also be used to build a body of knowledge about how much effort tasks take to develop. For example if developing a training plan has historically taken a month, then it can be assumed that creating a new one will take a month."

Craig [1]

the entries for the two random vendors at the bottom should be on the 'comparison of time tracking software' page that is pointed to by the 'time tracking' article in my opinion. otherwise we'll have 100 vendors on here spamming this page , iemployee in particular is spamming this page repeatedly... curt@pnk.com

Somebody needs to add the fact that people clock each other in and out in the disadvantage section. e.g. A person might not actually be present in the organization on that day, but he gets his friend to clock in for him so that he still gets full pay, but I am surprised this wasn't already mentioned as usually, there is a notice next to a clock machine that states clocking in for somebody else is illegal and you will be sacked if you are caught doing so. Still, it is a disadvantage for any business unless cameras and the like are installed to verify.

[edit] Tone

I've added the tone tag. The tone is too informal for an encyclopedia. Please also cite your sources. Thank you! --Polylerus 00:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)