Everhour connects Linear issues to time, rates, and budget reports so planned effort turns into actual-hour review.
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A useful plan starts with the issue list: title, status, assignee, priority, project, cycle, labels, and estimate. Linear issues sit inside teams and can belong to projects and cycles, so the planning unit stays close to the work people already update. The budget question is direct: which issues belong in scope, who owns them, and what effort number represents the current plan?
Treat the Linear estimate as an effort-point value, not a time budget by itself. Linear estimate scales include Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, and T-Shirt, and the values support sizing and completion statistics. Keep any planned hour estimate separate from the Linear effort estimate, then compare that planned time with reported hours when the work is done.
Estimate-vs-actual review compares the expected effort on an issue with time reported against that work in Everhour. A clean review shows the Linear issue context, the separate planned hour target, the person doing the work, and Everhour's synced reported-time view. An issue planned for 6 hours and reported at 9 hours shows a 3-hour overrun that needs a reason.
The variance can mean under-scoped work, unclear requirements, interruptions, or missing time that was entered after the work happened. Read the issue context before treating every overrun as poor estimation. A small issue with no reported time creates a different problem: the plan consumed scope, but the record does not show the work that happened.
A cycle window tells you when work is reviewed, not how many hours the work will consume. Use the cycle dates to set the review period, then compare planned hours with time reported during that same range. This keeps schedule pressure separate from effort size, which matters when a short deadline compresses work without reducing the hours needed to finish it.
Avoid the common mistake of turning points into hours with a fixed conversion. Linear states effort as the estimate value and uses those values for completion and effort statistics. Time budgets need measured hours and rates. A 5-point issue can take different amounts of clock time across teams, projects, and issue types, so review the actual record before updating future assumptions.
A one-project planning sheet is enough when you need a quick forecast, a scope conversation, or a short internal check before work starts. It breaks down once the same team repeats the workflow across clients, projects, and cycles. At that point, estimates need a durable history of reported hours, billing status, non-billable work, and cost impact.
Everhour adds that operating layer inside Linear through embedded controls and synced issue data. Admins set each project's billing status on the Projects page, mark a specific task non-billable within a billable project, and set custom task rates for time-and-materials projects. Admins can also build reports with billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost; money-related information is admin-only.
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Use Linear estimate points for relative effort and planning conversations, then use separate tracked hours for time budgets, cost review, and billing analysis. Points are not clock time, and the supplied effort scale does not create an hour or cost conversion. A team that needs budget control should keep the hour target separate from the point estimate.
Start with the Linear issue estimate, the separate planned hour target, reported hours, status, assignee, and project context. An overrun points to under-scoped work, added complexity, or late time entry. An underrun can mean the estimate was padded, the scope changed, or only part of the work was recorded. The next estimate should reflect the cause, not only the number.
The useful fields are project, cycle window, assignee, status, labels, priority, and estimate. Project keeps the budget owner clear, cycle dates define the review period, and assignee shows whose capacity was used. Labels and priority help explain why similar issues consumed different amounts of time.
Use the cycle as a date range for review. Compare issues planned for that window with hours reported during the same period, then separate schedule misses from effort misses. A task can finish late because it waited in the queue, or it can exceed the hour target because the work took longer than planned.
The biggest mistake is mixing planning units. Points, deadlines, and hours answer different questions. Points size the work, dates frame the schedule, and tracked hours show actual effort. Treating one as a substitute for the others creates budgets that look precise but fail when rates, staffing, or client billing enter the review.
Everhour supports project billing status, task-level non-billable controls within billable projects, custom task rates for time-and-materials projects, and member-rate exceptions. Admins can build reports with billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost, while money-related information stays admin-only.
Everhour can compare tracked time against task estimates and show remaining or over-estimate hours in reports. With the Linear integration, synced project and issue data gives managers the issue context needed to review planned hours against reported time.
Track Linear issue time, keep billable rules under admin control, and review cost variance before the next plan. Everhour keeps estimate decisions tied to actual delivery data.
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