Everhour embeds time tracking controls in Linear so logged issue time can flow into reports, budgets, and invoicing.
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Use this workflow when your team manages work in Linear issues and needs to review sprint cost after the work period closes. The practical output is a structured cost record: issue, project, assignee, tracked hours, internal cost rate, billable or non-billable status, and review period. That record gives engineering and finance a shared view of labor spend.
Linear is the work context for issues, projects, assignees, status, priority, labels, and cycles. Cost tracking adds the financial inputs around that context: hours actually worked, person-level rates, and work status for billing analysis. A useful review answers which work consumed the most labor, which people contributed time, and which entries belong in internal cost analysis.
Start with the Linear issue as the unit of work. Each issue belongs to a team and has a title and status, with optional assignee, priority, estimate, cycle, label, and project. Add time entries against the issue, then apply the correct internal cost rate for the person who did the work. The cost record should keep the issue identity intact.
Keep cost rate and billable rate separate. Cost rate represents internal employee or contractor expense. Billable rate represents the client charge when the work is billable. A sprint cost review can include cost and billing fields, but those fields answer different questions. Mixing them makes internal spend look like revenue or client price.
Estimates on Linear issues are effort or size values, not clock time. Teams can use Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt scales, with extended values available. Linear uses estimate values for completion and effort statistics, and unestimated issues default to 1 estimate point unless that setting changes. Cost tracking should use logged hours and rates for money.
The common mistake is assigning a fixed dollar value to one estimate point. That shortcut ignores who performed the work, how many hours they logged, and whether the work was billable or non-billable. Put estimate value, tracked hours, and cost in separate columns. The comparison then shows whether a sprint ran expensive because scope was large, execution took longer, or rate mix changed.
A one-off cost worksheet is enough for a closed sprint, a single leadership review, or a quick project check. Enter the issue list, hours, rates, billing status, and review dates, then keep the result with the sprint notes. That works when the team only needs a static answer and does not need repeatable approvals or system records.
A managed workflow fits recurring sprint reviews. Everhour adds embedded Linear tracking controls through its browser extension, including issue timers, manual logging, reported time, and a day or week Timesheet button. Everhour also supports billable and cost rates, budgets in hours or fees, threshold email alerts, budget protection, and invoice workflows on its Team plan.
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Use issue hours as the labor input for cost. The person, date, issue, project, and billing status give the entry context. The cost rate then turns tracked time into internal expense. Sprint review should keep the original issue details visible so engineering leaders can connect spend to actual work, not only to a total at the bottom.
Split cost by the dates when the hours were worked. A carried-over issue can keep one issue history, while each sprint review includes only the time logged during that review period. This prevents the completion sprint from absorbing work that happened earlier and gives planning discussions a cleaner view of labor used in each period.
Use the internal cost rate for engineering spend. That rate represents employee or contractor expense. Use a billable rate only when the work is client-facing and needs a charge amount. A sprint cost record should not replace cost rate with billable rate, because client price and internal labor expense measure different things.
Yes. Non-billable work still consumes engineering capacity and labor budget. Maintenance, triage, refactoring, internal planning, and support tasks should stay in the review with a clear status. Removing those entries makes the sprint look cheaper than it was and weakens the next estimate-vs-actual discussion.
Estimate points measure effort or size under the team's chosen scale. They do not define hours or dollars. Cost formulas should use tracked hours and cost rates. Keep estimate points beside actual cost as a planning signal, then use the difference to improve sizing, staffing, and scope decisions in later sprints.
Everhour Billing & Invoicing converts tracked billable time and expenses into invoices, calculates amounts from rates, and excludes non-billable tasks. Invoices can export to QuickBooks Online, Xero, or FreshBooks, with invoice status, number, issue date, and amount visible in Everhour.
Everhour embeds tracking controls in Linear through its browser extension, including issue timers, manual logging buttons, reported time, and a day or week Timesheet button. Everhour syncs Linear workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data for reporting.
Use Everhour Billing & Invoicing to create invoices from tracked billable time and expenses, apply rates, and exclude non-billable work for cleaner client billing.
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