Time Tracking for Product Studios Across Discovery and Delivery

Q: Can we track time for discovery and development separately?

Yes — create separate projects for each phase of an engagement. Each project gets its own budget and time log, making phase-level cost tracking straightforward.

Q: How does Teetrack handle cross-functional teams?

Teetrack does not provide a shared cross-functional workspace. It tracks one user’s hours, which can be organized by phase; studios needing per-person design, engineering, and PM data need a team tool.

Q: Can we set budgets per engagement phase?

Yes — each project can have its own budget. If you split an engagement into discovery, design, and build, each phase has independent budget tracking.

Q: Can product studios use Teetrack for client billing?

Yes — billable hours appear in the Summary and PDF timesheets, grouped by project and phase. Share exports with clients to show exactly where time went per sprint or month.

Product Studios time tracking

Teetrack helps independent product professionals track their own hours across discovery, design sprints, and development so phases can be billed accurately.

Why Product Studios struggle with time tracking

Discovery and design phases eat into delivery budgets without anyone noticing

Product studios run workshops, user research, and prototyping before development begins. When these phases are not tracked separately, their cost bleeds into the build budget and the project starts underwater before a line of code is written.

Cross-functional teams make it hard to see who spent time on what

Designers, developers, and product managers work on the same engagement but their hours have very different cost implications. Without per-person visibility, the studio cannot tell if a project’s margin is being consumed by design iteration or engineering rework.

Fixed-scope engagements become open-ended when feedback cycles extend

Client feedback rounds often expand beyond what was scoped. Without tracking the actual hours going into revisions, product studios absorb the cost and only see the damage in their quarterly review.

How Teetrack solves this

Discovery phases not tracked separately: Create distinct projects for each engagement phase — discovery, design, development. Track your own budgets per phase before one phase cannibalizes another.
No per-role visibility into time spent: Organize your own discovery, design, and development work with separate projects or tags, then use the timesheet to review how your hours split across phases.
Feedback rounds silently expanding scope: Set project budgets and monitor consumption in real time. When revision cycles push hours beyond the original scope, the data is visible before the conversation with the client happens.

Example scenario

“Smart project matching on Pro assigns sprint planning calendar drafts to the right client without manual intervention.”

An illustrative example based on common freelancer and agency workflows — not a quote from a specific customer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can we track time for discovery and development separately?

How does Teetrack handle cross-functional teams?

Can we set budgets per engagement phase?

Can product studios use Teetrack for client billing?

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