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Time App and Work Logging ๐Ÿ“œ

Find out how you are required to log your work as a Test Lead, Scripter, or Testlio internal employee

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Written by Doris Soolรคte
Updated over 3 months ago

This article presents a requirement for our freelancers. Failure to follow the process might represent a breach of the Freelancer Services Agreement.

Time is our primary work delivery unit โ€“ we sell testing hours, client services hours, and other types of services, all measured and billed for in time (see our task taxonomy for more).

Everyone is responsible for logging all of their hours each day before the end of the day. This ensures data is accurate within 24 hours, which allows our clients to always get the most up-to-date information. All logged work is immediately visible, allowing 24h accuracy in the Utilization Report that is available for Workspaces and Engagements.

Log work in Time App. Select the Workspace or Engagement, the tasks that were performed, the time it took to complete the tasks, and whether or not the work is billable. See the process in the following video.

Submitting Work

When To Submit

You should always submit work before midnight on the day when you do the work. If you start working on one day and finish the next, log the time done on the first day and on the second day separately. Work should always be logged on the day that it was done.

The day is counted based on your timezone so time submission is timezone independent. Submit your hours by the end of the day in your timezone.

Selecting a Workspace or Engagement

Whenever you do work for a single Workspace, you should submit it as part of that Workspace. If it affects multiple Workspaces for a single client, log it as part of the Engagement.

You can submit multiple entries for one client at a time. This simplifies logging while helping reduce instances of logging work under the wrong project.

Keyboard Shortcuts

You can complete the form using only your keyboard. Navigate between form items using Tab, find the right Workspace or task type by typing, navigate menus with arrows, confirm selections using Enter, and expand dropdowns using the spacebar.

Logging Work as a Test Lead

Only Test Lead work is to be logged using the Time App. All manual testing work that you do follows the process of tasks within the Testlio Platfom.

All Test Lead work you do should be marked as billable when submitting your work. This is the default option.

Editing Submissions

To review entries, click History to see the work you have entered for the past few weeks.

All time loggers can edit their entries 24h into the past. This includes correcting any mistakes that may occur in any field, including task type, hours, and whether or not the work is billable.

After the self-editing window passes, our remaining escalation process remains the same: If you are a Test Lead, contact your Testlio Testing Manager. If you are a Testlio employee, contact your manager.

A short video showing how to edit a submission to the Time App: 1. Next to a submission, click the More actions menu, 2. Click Edit, 3. Make your changes, 4. Click Save.

Description Templates

To have a clear understanding of the work completed during each submitted task, use the following description templates as comments for all submitted tasks. Individual Workspaces may have their own requirements so consult your Engagement Manager for any specific details. You must include a comment with each submitted task.

The templates are grouped by task type based on the task taxonomy.

Client Services

Task

Description Template

Client Meetings

  • Meeting medium (Call, In-Person, Slack)

  • Meeting name and purpose

Client Strategy

  • Work type (meeting, doc input, Slack conversation)

  • Short summary of work accomplished.

Client Communication

  • Communication medium (such as Slack, email)

  • Work type (client conversation, creating reporting)

  • Short summary of work accomplished

Client Operations

  • Work type (internal meeting, planning, workspace documentation)

  • Short summary of work accomplished

Commercial Management

  • Work type (Contract preparation, terms negotiation, billing, relationship building)

  • Short summary of work accomplished

Custom Reporting

  • Providing nonstandard reports requested by client

Talent Readiness

  • Bespoke recruiting, screening, training, onboarding, compliance for specific client needs.

Platform Support

  • Work type (Integration, features, problems, roadmap, software support)

  • Short summary of work accomplished

Quality Management

This category added in April 2024.

Task

Summary

Resource Management

  • Short summary of work accomplished

Test

Management

  • Work type (research, authoring, editing, evaluation, updating)

  • Link to relevant Test Plan

  • Reason for the work

Run Preparation

  • Run ID

  • Work type (build intake, run configuration, instruction development, testing initiation)

Issue Validation

  • Work type (issue improvements, edits, verification)

Run Closure

  • Run ID

  • Work type (results review, analysis, reporting, client recommendations)

Freelancer Support

  • Run ID

  • Short summary of the types of problems needing the most support

Issue Management

  • Run ID

  • Work type (such as backlog grooming, ticket analysis, addressed issue analysis)

Signal Management

  • Work type (research, converting information into issues or recommendations, App review analysis)

QE Governance

  • Work type (PR review, technical enablement, framework updates, feasibility assessments)

Manual Testing

Task

Summary

Test Execution

  • Run ID

  • Work type (exploratory, functional, user experience, localization)

Issue Reporting

  • Run ID

  • Work type (capture and description of issues, reproduction).

Issue Reproduction

  • Run ID

  • Work type (reproduction, reporting, fixed issue verification)

Quality Engineering

Task

Summary

Script Development

  • Run ID

  • Work type (test design, creation, analysis, approval)

Automation Management

  • Run ID

  • Work type (test operations, optimization, tuning, maintenance, support)

Local Execution

  • Run ID

  • Automated test execution performed on local device

Automation Processing

Task

Summary

Automation Processing

  • Automated test processing

Digital Experience

Task

Summary

Extended Accessibility Testing

  • Run ID (when applicable)

  • Work type (planning, testing, analysis, and creation of accessibility test report)

Moderated Usability Testing

  • Run ID (when applicable)

  • Work type (planning, testing, analysis, and creation of usability test report)

Usability Testing User Session

  • Participation in moderated usability testing session

Reimbursement

Task

Summary

Reimbursement

  • Reimbursement

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