Base use case: time tracking

[abrichr]

Role

White collar contractor (e.g. software developer)

Task

How can we enable contractors to track their time in their existing spreadsheet software which they use to track their time, and then copy the data to the web app from which they get paid?

This involves:

• Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
• Any time tracking software (e.g. Harvest)

Context

Time tracking and invoicing

Workflow

1. open Spreadsheet (e.g. Excel, Google Sheets)
2. open App (e.g. Harvest)
3. switch to Spreadsheet
4. copy first cell
5. switch to App
6. paste first cell
7. repeat steps 4-6 while necessary
8. scroll and repeat 4-7 if necessary

Ideally, there is some sort of data transformation beyond action-for-action replay that needs to happen, e.g. clicking a checkbox in the App rather than typing.

Motivation

Simplest economically useful task