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Teams compare Linear estimates with logged hours by keeping effort points and clock time as separate fields on the same issue. Linear issues carry context such as team, project, cycle, status, assignee, priority, labels, and estimate. The practical job is to keep logged hours attached to the issue that produced them, then review the gap against the original plan.
That comparison helps a lead see whether a cycle contained more work than expected, whether a project estimate missed review or QA time, or whether one issue category regularly takes longer than planned. Linear estimates are effort points, not clock time, so the useful comparison is planned effort beside actual logged hours, with the distinction kept visible.
A useful issue-time record identifies the Linear issue, project, work date, duration, and billable status when client billing matters. A short note helps explain review, QA, research, rework, or support activity that changed the actual time. That detail keeps the record useful after the issue moves status or the cycle closes.
A timer fits active coding, review, design, QA, or support work that starts and stops around a specific issue. Manual entry fits daily cleanup, meetings tied to an issue, or work captured after the fact. Teams should avoid orphan entries such as "development" without an issue, because those hours cannot explain the estimate gap later.
Linear estimate scales use values such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt. Those values represent effort or size, and Linear uses them for completion and effort statistics. Treating 5 points as 5 hours creates false precision. A team can compare points to logged hours over time, but the report should label each unit clearly.
The common mistake is forcing every issue into a fixed conversion rate before enough history exists. A 3-point bug, a 3-point migration task, and a 3-point research issue can produce different hour patterns. Actual time gives the calibration data. After several cycles, the team can review issue type, assignee, and project patterns without pretending points were hours from the start.
A one-off comparison works when you only need to review a handful of issues after a sprint or explain one project overrun. It breaks down when multiple people log time, managers need approvals, billing uses the hours, or finance needs a reliable cost report. At that point, scattered notes and spreadsheet totals create reconciliation work.
Everhour gives Linear teams a managed time layer with timers or manual entries, timesheet approvals, locked periods, reminders, and reports. The Linear issue remains the work context, while the time record feeds review, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll workflows. That structure keeps estimate gaps visible after the week closes.
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Keep the Linear estimate as planned effort and track actual hours separately against the same issue. Review the gap by issue, project, cycle, and assignee. A useful report shows estimate value, logged duration, date range, and status, so the team can see whether planning missed scope, review time, interruptions, or late changes.
Linear estimate points should stay separate from hours. Linear describes estimates as effort values and supports scales such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, and T-Shirt. The docs do not define a native points-to-hours conversion. Teams can build their own planning ratio from past work, but the report should label points and logged time as different units.
Issue-linked records create the clearest estimate review. Keep the issue, project, work date, duration, billable status when relevant, and a note for review, QA, research, or rework. Missing issue links and vague comments make actual time harder to explain after the work is complete.
Timers fit focused work that starts from the issue and ends when the person switches context. Manual entries fit meetings, late cleanup, or work recorded after completion. A team can use both, but managers should review manual entries separately when accuracy matters because later reconstruction can miss short interruptions and task switches.
Mixing unrelated work into the same issue distorts the comparison. A developer can spend time on investigation, implementation, review fixes, and release support, but the entry still needs the right issue and note. General project-level hours hide whether the original estimate missed scope or whether the work belonged somewhere else.
Everhour Time Tracking lets users start a timer or add manual time on Linear work through embedded controls from the browser extension. Those entries stay connected to Linear project and issue data, then feed timesheets, reports, budgets, invoicing, and payroll review.
Everhour Timesheets let managers review submitted time before billing, payroll, or project reporting. Admins can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock time entries, so late changes do not rewrite a closed reporting period.
Track time on Linear issues with Everhour, review submitted hours, lock approved periods, and use actual work data for cleaner planning, billing, and reporting.
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