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Time Estimation
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Written by Maria from Planyway
Updated over 9 months ago

When you plan project resources, it’s important to understand how much time particular tasks may take. In Planyway you can add an estimation to each card and then compare planned hours with the actual time spent.


Add an estimation

Here’s how you can add an estimation to a card:

  1. Open a card’s editor.

  2. Find the Estimation field.

  3. Click to type estimated hours.

Tip: Use arrow keys on your keyboard to quickly change the number of hours.

Compare planned vs actual hours

Now, when you estimated how much time a card should take, you’ll be able to compare it to the time that was actually spent on this task.

Planyway Time Estimation Planned Vs Spent

Interested in how to track time in Planyway? Check our help article about Time Tracking.

Visualize estimations on cards

To keep track of your team’s performance, you can enable the visualization of estimated and spent time on your cards. Click View settings at the top right, and turn on Estimation and Tracked time toggles.

Planyway Time Estimation Visualize Fields

Export to Excel or CSV

Planyway gives you the possibility to export your cards with estimated and spent time to Excel or CSV. Our help article Export to Excel or CSV will guide you, take a look.

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