Screenshots and Keystroke Counts
Features bundled into time tracking products that no time tracking purpose requires. What they capture, what they are for, and why to decline them.
Analysis
The boundary
The record is written by the person it describes, which makes cooperation the data collection mechanism. Every way of spending it costs the accuracy that pay and the statutory record depend on.
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Remote Work and the Pressure to Watch
Distance produces anxiety, and monitoring is sold as the answer. What it actually addresses, and what solves the real problem.
Analysis
Consulting Before Deployment
A requirement in many jurisdictions and the step that most improves the design. What to consult on, and what to do with the answers.
Procedure
Holding the Purpose Limitation
Time data collected for pay and billing will be requested for other things. The written limit, and what happens the first time it is tested.
Procedure
What Not to Build
Features that are available, requested, and should be ruled out at design time, with the reason for each and what to offer instead.
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How to Decline a Request
Refusing badly loses the argument and the relationship. Naming the reason, answering the real question, and recording the decision.
Procedure
What a Manager Should See
Managers need enough to allocate work and to notice someone struggling, and less than most systems give them by default.
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