Linear uses effort-point estimates, while Everhour keeps logged hours tied to each issue for clearer planning reviews.
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Use this page when you need a per-issue view of planned effort and actual work without mixing units. The practical job is to pick a Linear issue, add an effort-point estimate, track hours separately, and review both records after the work is done. That gives an engineering lead a clearer read on issue shape without treating points as clock time.
Linear issues carry the planning context around the work: team, project, status, assignee, priority, labels, cycle, and estimate. Everhour adds the tracked-hour record to that issue context, so the review stays tied to the task people already assigned and shipped. The useful output is an issue history: point estimate, logged hours, status, comments, and the planning lesson.
Linear estimates are effort or size values, not clock time. Teams can use Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt scales, with values such as 1-2-4-8-16, 1-2-3-5-8, 1-2-3-4-5, or XS-S-M-L-XL. Treat those values as planning units unless your team documents a point-to-hour conversion.
The common mistake is reading points as hours once work begins. A 5-point issue and a 5-hour entry answer different questions. Points help size scope. Logged hours show time actually spent. Keeping both visible lets you ask better review questions: Did the issue carry hidden complexity, did work expand, or did the time record miss part of the effort?
A useful issue-time record starts before work begins. Add the Linear point estimate while the issue is still a plan, then log time against the same issue as work happens. Keep comments specific when the time entry needs context, such as investigation, implementation, review, or rework. The record should let a manager understand the result without reconstructing the week from chat.
Everhour's Linear integration uses the browser extension to place tracking controls in Linear and sync Linear workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data into reports. Team members can use issue timers or manual logging, then review day or week timesheets. A good review looks at the point estimate, reported time, and status together, because an unfinished issue with low logged hours tells a different story from a completed issue with heavy rework.
A one-off issue-time check is enough when you need a quick answer for a single project, a cycle review, or a client question. It gives you the Linear effort-point estimate and actual logged hours for the issue in front of you. Calculate variance only when the team has a documented point-to-hour conversion.
A managed workflow matters once estimates affect budgets, billing, or staffing. Everhour Project Budgeting supports hour-based and money-based budgets, recurring budget periods, configurable email alert thresholds, and budget protection that can stop timers or block additional logging after a cap. Over time, issue records turn estimate reviews into a planning history that informs future budgets.
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Start with a clear Linear issue estimate, then log work hours against the same issue as the task moves forward. Review the final record by issue, not only by person or project. The useful review reads the point estimate beside logged hours, with status and comments close by so the reviewer can see scope, rework, and missing-time patterns.
Use a conversion only if the team has defined and documented one. Linear estimate values represent effort or size, while tracked hours represent clock time spent. A direct conversion creates false precision when issue complexity, interruptions, review cycles, and rework vary by task. Keep points for planning and hours for measurement.
Over-estimate hours means tracked hours exceeded an hour-based estimate. Linear point estimates cannot be compared numerically with logged hours unless the team has documented a point-to-hour conversion. For Linear issue reviews, read the point estimate and logged hours together, then record the reason the work took the time it did.
Use the cycle window as the date range for review, then review issue estimates and logged hours together for work completed or still active during that period. Cycles give the review a calendar boundary. The issue-level time record explains which tasks consumed effort and which planning assumptions need adjustment in the next plan.
Late bulk entry creates the weakest record. A Friday timesheet filled from memory can preserve total hours while losing the issue-level detail that makes estimate review useful. Track with timers during work or add manual entries soon after the work is done, with comments when the issue involved investigation, interruption, or rework.
Everhour Project Budgeting lets teams set project budgets in hours or money while tracked time from Linear issues rolls into budget progress. Admins can add configurable email alert thresholds and use budget protection to stop timers or prevent extra logging after the budget cap is reached.
Everhour's Linear integration adds embedded controls through the browser extension, including issue timers, manual logging buttons, estimates, reported time, and a day or week Timesheet button. The workflow keeps tracking close to the Linear issue while preserving the logged time for reports.
Track hours against Linear issues, review point estimates beside logged time, and carry the pattern into the next budget. Everhour turns issue-time history into planning evidence and budget control.
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