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- pinkgrrl
Does anyone else here have to work on a timer at the design company they work for?
I am trying to abolish this practice ( especially for the larger clients), but would love to have some concrete arguments or examples of the way other companies budget there creative time.
Thanks!
- -sputnik-0
timer? could you explain?
i've used project trackers of some sort at all the positions i've held, if that's what you're talking about.
- pinkgrrl0
no i literally have a timer I have to use. I statr it when I start designing and stop it when I am done. I think it is quickbooks. I usually get about 6 to 8 hours on a design of the homepage, however on larger client projects I get 14 hours. Which I don't feel is enough. I have a meeting to go over the "creative process" and I 'd love to find out how other designers track these things.
- -sputnik-0
holy cow that's a little oppressive!
the best tracker i've used is Filemaker Pro. right now we use a clunky tracker which our IT guys built, and it works only half the time.
when i worked for myself i'd buy one of those cheap agendas which has each day separated into 15 minute increments and just jot down what i did from time A to time B. it helped me a lot, and i quickly determined that i was underbilling!
- pinkgrrl0
Thanks for your help. Yeah it is an oppressive system to say the least. I am sure it helps in some ways as far as keeping us on track with the budget, but we are workign on a pretty large project right now that they want to be award winning cutting edge never been done befor kinds of work...I'm sure you've heard the bit befor. Yet it's lik e but do in in 10 hours. I have to belive there is a better way!