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A roadmap built from Linear issues needs more than titles and target dates. Each issue carries the work context: team, status, optional project, cycle, labels, assignee, priority, and estimate. The estimate gives the planning signal, while the issue keeps the delivery conversation attached to the actual unit of work.
For roadmap planning, treat the estimate as a sizing input rather than a time record. Linear estimate scales use effort values such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt sizing. Those values help compare scope, but they do not create a native hour total, cost amount, invoice line, or timesheet entry.
Linear uses estimate values for effort and completion statistics. Unestimated issues default to 1 estimate point unless that setting changes, so blank estimates and small issues can distort roadmap totals if the team treats every point as a measured hour. A planned issue needs an intentional estimate before it becomes useful for comparison.
Hours answer a different question. A 5-point issue and 12 tracked hours describe two separate facts: planned size and time actually spent. Compare them side by side, then read the variance. A large overrun usually means under-scoped work, hidden review effort, or missing split points. A large underrun can signal overestimation or incomplete time capture.
A useful roadmap review starts at the issue level. Check the estimate, the tracked time, the assignee, the project, and the status. Then separate delivery facts from logging gaps. An issue marked complete with little recorded time needs a time-entry check before the team treats it as a fast delivery win.
Cycle windows work as review periods, not automatic budget groups. Use the cycle dates as the date range for a planned-versus-actual review, then compare the issues worked during that window. The result tells you whether the roadmap stayed close to the plan, where the plan missed effort, and which issue types need different estimates next time.
A free one-off review is enough when you need a quick sanity check for one roadmap, one project, or one recent cycle window. List the issues, their estimates, and the hours recorded against them. That gives a practical variance table for a planning meeting without changing the team's entire workflow.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when estimates affect client billing, budgets, or future staffing decisions. Everhour can track time on Linear issues through embedded controls, sync Linear project and issue data into reports, and turn billable tracked time and expenses into invoices while excluding non-billable work. That creates a reusable record of estimates versus actuals for future budgets.
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Linear estimates are effort or size values, not clock time. The available scales include Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, and T-Shirt sizing, and the docs do not define a native conversion from estimate points to hours or cost. Use estimates for planning scope and tracked hours for elapsed work.
The useful review fields are issue title, team, project, cycle window, assignee, status, estimate, and tracked time. Labels and priority add context when patterns repeat across issue types. The estimate shows the plan; the logged time shows the work used to deliver it.
A large overrun means the issue took more tracked time than its planned size suggested. Check whether the work included hidden review, rework, unclear acceptance criteria, or tasks that should have been split into separate issues. Also check whether time was logged to the right issue before changing future estimates.
Points and hours can be compared as planning evidence, but they should not be treated as the same unit. Points express relative effort or size. Hours record time actually spent. A team can learn that certain issue types tend to take more hours per point, but that pattern comes from historical tracking, not from Linear's estimate scale.
Use cycle dates as the review window. Pull the issues worked during that period, then compare each issue's estimate with the time recorded during the same window. That keeps the review tied to the planning horizon without turning the cycle itself into a separate reporting dimension.
Everhour Billing & Invoicing converts billable tracked time and expenses into invoices using rates, project or member billing settings, and billable expense data. Non-billable work stays out of the invoice total, and invoices can be exported to QuickBooks Online, Xero, or FreshBooks as drafts.
Everhour syncs Linear project and issue data, adds embedded timer and manual logging controls through the browser extension, and can show estimates, reported time, remaining time, and over-estimate hours in reports. That gives managers a repeatable view of planned effort against tracked work.
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