How iB Architects Improved Project Visibility Through Better Time Tracking

iB Architects show how architecture practices can use timesheet data for more than admin. When time data is connected to project stages, fees and budgets, it becomes a valuable tool for improving visibility, spotting scope creep and making better project decisions.

For architecture practices, project work often moves through multiple stages, from early design and planning through to technical delivery and completion. Without clear visibility across those stages, it can be difficult to understand whether the time spent on a project matches the fee agreed.

iB Architects wanted to answer questions such as:

• Where is time being spent across each project stage?
• Are projects staying aligned with the original fee proposal?
• Where are extra revisions or additional work affecting the project?
• How can past project data support more accurate fee proposals in the future?

Before having clearer project and timesheet visibility, these questions could be harder to answer consistently. Project knowledge can often sit with individual team members, making it more difficult to build a complete view of performance across the practice.

iB Architects use Milient Project Flow to bring project management, time tracking and reporting into one place.

Instead of treating timesheets as a separate admin task, the practice can use time data as part of its wider project visibility. By connecting recorded time to project stages, budgets and fees, iB Architects can better understand how work is being delivered.

This gives the team a more practical way to review project performance and identify where projects may be moving away from the original plan.