Everhour tracks Linear issue hours and cost rates, so engineering capacity turns into project cost visibility.
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Use this page when you need to translate planned Linear work into a cost view for an engineering team, product area, project, or cycle. Start with the issue list, the people assigned, and the capacity each person is expected to spend. Add each person's internal cost rate, then compare planned capacity cost with the cost created by tracked issue time.
A useful output gives leads a review artifact instead of a raw time dump. It should show planned hours, tracked hours, labor cost, and variance by project, cycle, assignee, and issue category. Keep billable and non-billable as work classifications for this cost review: product development, support escalations, client commitments, maintenance, and meetings deserve separate cost treatment even when no invoice is created.
Start with four inputs: Linear project or cycle, Linear issue, person, and time. The issue gives the work unit, the project or cycle gives the review boundary, the person supplies the cost rate, and tracked time supplies the quantity. Use one person-level cost rate for each employee or contractor, then add a project-specific override only when that project uses a different internal rate.
Set cost rates before the review period starts, and date rate changes so older work keeps the rate that applied at the time. Track time on the issue through a timer or manual entry, then report cost as tracked hours multiplied by the applicable cost rate. A review should separate default person rates from per-project overrides so finance can explain why the same engineer has different costs across projects.
Capacity cost starts as a plan: available hours by person, the planned work selected for the cycle, and the internal rate attached to each person. Tracked issue time turns that plan into actual labor cost. Review cost at the same grain the team manages: per issue for expensive surprises, per cycle for delivery health, and per project for leadership reporting.
Keep estimates on Linear issues separate from cost. Those values represent effort or size, while cost needs clock time and a rate. Use estimate-versus-actual cost to find repeated underestimation, unplanned maintenance, or meetings consuming delivery capacity. The useful question is specific: which project, cycle, issue type, or assignee drove the variance?
A free capacity cost tool is enough when you need a snapshot for one project, one cycle, or a planning discussion with stable rates. Enter planned hours, cost rates, and tracked totals, then export the result for a review. This works for a small team that needs a fast answer and does not need approvals, locked periods, recurring alerts, or a reporting history.
A managed workflow matters once engineering spend needs a system of record. Everhour lets teams track time from Linear issues through embedded controls, apply cost rates, protect budgets with alerts or timer rules, and review approved hours in reports. That turns invisible capacity use into per-project cost the team can discuss at each cycle review.
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Use the issue as the work unit and the cycle or project as the review period. Assign planned hours, associate each person with an internal cost rate, then compare tracked issue hours with planned capacity. Engineering cost equals tracked hours multiplied by the applicable person or project-specific cost rate.
Include the project or cycle, issue, assignee, status, labels, planned hours, tracked hours, cost rate, rate source, and work classification. Add comments only when they explain a cost variance, such as rework, support interruption, or scope change. A lean report stays readable and still gives accounting or leadership enough detail to trace the number.
Effort points are size or effort values, not clock time. Use them for scope and delivery forecasting, then use hours and rates for cost. A planning estimate belongs in the capacity plan as planned hours, and the review should compare that plan with actual tracked time.
Use billable and non-billable labels as cost categories, even when no client invoice exists. Mark client commitments, product work, maintenance, incidents, support, meetings, and research according to the review's decision goal. Mixing delivery and overhead in one total hides why capacity disappeared and makes the next plan less useful.
The review needs the original plan, actual tracked hours, applied cost rate, and variance by issue, person, and category. Keep rate changes dated and isolate unplanned work. A lead can then separate estimation problems from staffing changes, scope changes, or operational interruptions.
Everhour Time Tracking adds timer and manual time entry workflows for tasks and projects, including embedded tracking controls inside Linear through the browser extension. Team members can log issue time in context, and managers can use approvals, locked periods, reminders, or timer rules before reports or payroll review.
Everhour Reporting uses synced Linear workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data so cost reports can group tracked time around the same work structure. Admins can add cost, billable time, non-billable time, and budget columns, then export the report for cycle review.
Track Linear issue hours with Everhour Time Tracking, apply cost rates, and review approved time before cycle reporting so engineering capacity becomes visible project cost.
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