You will see a dramatic increase in the amount of time spent on top priority tasks, and wasted time will be almost eliminated.

Imagine what your team could accomplish with 11 weeks of extra productivity each year

Reducing wasted time from 2.09 hours to almost nothing gives you over 11 weeks of additional productivity per year. This is not counting the benefits from reducing the time spent on low priority tasks and working more on top priorities.

It is impossible to use this software and retain old unproductive habits. Really there are two main reactions you will see to Time Doctor within your organization: either a person will completely reject it because it does not allow them to waste time as they are used to, or they will use it and start to increase their productive use of time. The gains they will receive depend on how productive the person was previously, but even productive people will see a big increase in their productive hours worked.

Here are some things the software can do for managers:

• You get one email which lists all your team, what they did today, what their top priorities are, how many hours they worked (exactly), what percentage of their time they worked on their priorities. This allows you to know in one single email exactly what everyone is doing.
• You can log in and see all of your team and know at a glance what they are working on now. Click here for an example of the online report for managers.
• It allows you to manage people working from home or in remote locations MORE effectively than in an office. You will know what they worked on and be confident that they were really working.
• It allows you to know exactly how many hours each person worked, after deducting all breaks. Every minute of time is accounted for. This is necessary to enable a dramatic increase in productivity.
• Retain staff and hire top talented staff more easily by allowing them to work flexible hours or to work from home.

Here are some of the benefits for individuals:

• Knowing exactly how your time was spent every day.
• Focusing on priority items.
• Helping you to prevent distractions on your computer whilst working.
• Allows you to work flexible hours and for management to have confidence you are doing the work.
• Allows you to work from home and for managers to know that you are working.

How can the Time Doctor software really increase productive hours by over 2 hours per day?

There are multiple time management principles that are used in the software to increase productivity.

Tracking how much time each person is working - every minute of the work day is tracked. This is not the same as entering a time sheet, as time sheets can easily be faked and the person can enter whatever time and activity they want. It is by actually tracking the exact start and finish time for each activity.

Tracking what your team is working on at all times - are they on a break, and what exactly are they working on.

Priority tracking - the software helps the person to manage their top priorities and sends them daily to their manager. It also tracks what percentage of their time is spent on priorities versus lower priority items.

Ways for you to verify the information is accurate - there are multiple ways to verify that the person is really spending time on the activities that they say they are working on. This includes screenshots, recording if the person is using web sites such as Facebook or other potentially time wasting activities.

Reports for managers that show what their team did each day - Managers are aware of exactly how each team member spends their day. With Time Doctor, you have a much better idea of exactly how long it takes to complete each task.

Focusing on priorities first - The software encourages you to work in order from your most important priority first then down to your less important priorities. It measures how much of your day you are spending working on your priorities. This make sure that the top priorities are handled first, which is a much more effective way to work.

Removing multi-tasking and interruptions - Multi-tasking is proven to be a very ineffective way to work as every time you get distracted, it takes several minutes to get back into work. The software helps to increase the person's focus on their highest priority tasks, and remove distractions during this process. Visibility of priorities between the team, and team leaders - This means that as a manager you are immediately aware of all of the priorities of your team. You also know if your team are working on these priorities or not.

Reminders of goals - daily reminders of longer term goals so that you know that you are moving towards targets that are well understood by the team and by managers.

The importance of tracking the exact use of time each day - This is surprisingly not a normal business practice. It is one of the most powerful things you can do to increase productivity. When you track the exact use of time for the entire day, productivity will automatically improve. This kind of scrutiny makes it very difficult to waste time.

Why there is NO OTHER SOFTWARE which has the power of time doctor to improve productivity

• With Time Doctor you turn on the computer and you must track your time. It's not an option. It really makes sure that all people using it will track their time. It doesn't require the person to remember to press the record button.
• There are ways to verify that the person is really working effectively (very few applications have this ability)
• Simple reports for the manager where the manager can know with ONE email what the entire team has done for the day.
• Focusing on priorities. Working on your top priorities first is probably the most important time management principle. This software ensures that the person does this, and that the manager knows they are doing it. Also the manager knows all the priorities of team members.

Unfortunately this software cannot be used by all businesses

The software does not apply to all types of business or all types of workers. It is applicable only to companies where employees spend 70-100% of their time in front of their computer. This is because the time and activity tracking functions will not work effectively if the person is spending most of their day away from their computer. You can still use some of the capabilities of the software, but will not get the full benefits.

The software is most effective for people working from home. This is because it helps managers know exactly what their team is doing and how much time they worked, without the person needing to be in an office.

Will I get resistance in my organization in implementing this software?

You might. The software requires change in behavior and it will become immediately obvious when people are wasting time. Some of your team may not like it and may resist it furiously. Generally the hardest working and most productive people on your team will accept it because they can see the benefits it will provide to their productivity. Also team members whom are keen to use this software to work from home, or to work flexible hours will also welcome the software.

How much does it cost to get started?

Time Doctor costs $18 per user per month to implement in your organization. However at the moment the software is in alpha mode which means that it is completely free. It will likely be completely free until December 2010, but it will not be free forever. We request that you help us with fixing any final bugs and also suggesting new features that you would like.