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Track project hours in Google Calendar

problemHow can we use Google Calendar to track of how many hours we have spent on a project?

solutionUse keywords, tags, colors, and shared calendars.

creator• Pine

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created on07:41, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

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What problem does this solve?

How can we use Google Calendar to track of how many hours we have spent on a project?

We can use keywords like LearnWiki, or tags like #MyProjectName or #Project-2015-01, so that we can easily find all of the time that we marked on our calendars for the project.
We can use colors on our calendars to make it easier to identify project time by color.
We can create custom shared calendars for projects that we share with other people on our project team.

There are other kinds of calendar software available, such as Microsoft Outlook.
Time management for projects becomes increasingly complex under circumstances such as:

More people become involved
New milestones are added
Multiple budgets are be billed for the same project
People using different kinds of calendaring or project management software are collaborating on the same project.

If custom calendars are created, then people need to know how to manage multiple calendars and check them regularly.
It is possible to overlay multiple calendars.