Facing the Frustration
The ideas behind Timetabs AI-powered time tracking emerged over years of software consulting. There is a shared frustration experienced by countless consultants who grapple with the tedious task of meticulously recording their workday activities down to half-hour increments and ensuring accurate billing descriptions. This frustration is also shared by project managers tasked with reviewing these entries for accuracy and overseeing the broader project scope to prevent budget overruns. The problem in universal across consulting companies regardless of their ERP solution or their field of business.
Innovation and Piloting
The initial plans for a new time tracking innovation were born as a result of a Summer holiday hackathon event in 2022. The first prototypes emerged within weeks from that and within months the first teams started to record their work entries with Timetabs. The technical design and UX have undergone a few major evolutionary changes but the main concept has remained the same: offer a simple, intuitive automation solution tailored for the specific needs of consultants and project managers.
A major factor contributing to the success in development has been the ability to expand pilot testing to and receive feedback from dozens and then hundreds of consultants of a large Finnish software company. We started to solve a problem that we had firsthand experience of and ended up taking into account the experience of hundreds of our colleagues. The positive feedback during pilot testing hinted us of the market potential that is due to the gap between the usual time tracking approch and the everyday way of operations and project management in consulting companies.
Road Ahead
As of 2024, most of us still work part time for Taskey Solutions (company behind Timetabs). Albeit a small company, our team consists of seasoned software professionals and we strive for outstanding quality and customer happiness. Our vision is to streamline business processes through AI-driven automation and integrations. We have started revolutionizing the way consultants track their time and project managers review the hours. Later, we hope to advance to other business areas as well.
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