A project is the unit Billable does its arithmetic on: time is tracked against it, invoices are raised under it, and its totals tell you what a piece of work was actually worth.
Step by step
- Create the project — Give it a name, attach it to a client, and pick how it is billed: fixed price, hourly or retainer.
- Set the terms — Add the rate and currency, a status, and the dates it runs between. This is what later turns tracked hours into an amount.
- Work against it — Track time under the project and raise invoices from it. Everything you do rolls up automatically.
- Charge for what fell outside — When the client asks for something the original scope did not cover, add an out-of-scope charge rather than absorbing it.
- Archive when it is done — Finished projects can be archived. The history stays, and if you are on the free tier the active-project slot is freed up for the next job.
Reading the totals
- Tracked — every hour logged against the project.
- Unbilled — tracked work you have not yet put on an invoice.
- Billed — what has already gone out on an invoice.
If unbilled is climbing on a live project, that is your cue to raise an invoice.