Rolling It Out
Time tracking is introduced into an existing set of expectations about trust. The order that works, and the first decision that sets the tone.
Procedure
Running it
Chasing submission produces timesheets, not accuracy. What actually moves recording delay, and the failures that recur with their specific corrections.
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Getting It Filled In
Compliance chasing produces submitted timesheets, not accurate ones. What actually moves the recording delay, which is the measure that matters.
Analysis
Choosing a Tool
The questions that separate a product you can configure safely from one that arrives with surveillance switched on.
Procedure
Knowing How Good the Data Is
Time data has a characteristic error structure. Four checks that tell you how much weight the numbers will bear.
Procedure
Connecting to Payroll
Where time records drive pay, an error stops being a reporting inconvenience. The controls that belong at the boundary.
Procedure
How These Deployments Fail
The recurring failures, each visible early, each with a specific correction.
Analysis
The Measures Worth Reporting
A short set that shows whether the system is working and whether the data can be trusted, and the popular ones that measure compliance instead.
Reference
Contractors and Agencies
Time records for people who are not employees carry a different set of questions, including one about employment status that the records themselves can answer.
Analysis
Auditing the System
What an inspector, an auditor or a claimant's representative will ask for, and which of it cannot be produced after the fact.
Procedure
Changing the System
Replacing a time system breaks comparison with history and puts a statutory record at risk. What to carry across and what to preserve untouched.
Procedure