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Best Practices

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These guides walk you through common outcomes and their best practices using Timesheets and other Tempo apps.

Each outcome has three stages you can follow:

Crawl Simple, powerful solutions using Timesheets
Walk Advanced strategies for analysis and reporting using other Tempo apps
Run Enterprise-level solutions with other Tempo apps

What are Best Practices?

What are Best Practices?

Watch this video for a quick look at how to use the Best Practices guides on this page.

Trusted Time Data

Trusted Time Data – Crawl
Enable frictionless time logging. Add approvals to increase accuracy.
Trusted Time Data - Walk
Build actionable insights with Custom Charts. Surface capacity gaps with Capacity Planner.
Trusted Time Data - Run
Enterprise compliance reporting with BI Connectors. Portfolio-level data governance with Structure PPM.

Investment Visibility

Investment Visibility - Crawl
Build R&D time allocation reports. Establish investment review cadence.
Investment Visibility - Walk
Build interactive R&D investment dashboards with Custom Charts. Connect effort to strategic priorities with Structure PPM.
Investment Visibility - Run
Enterprise R&D investment analytics with BI Connectors.

CapEx/OpEx Split

CapEx/OpEx Split - Crawl
Configure Tempo accounts for R&D cost classification. Establish CapEx/OpEx reconciliation cadence.
CapEx/OpEx Split - Walk
Automate labor cost calculations with Financial Manager. Build CapEx/OpEx investment dashboards with Custom Charts.
CapEx/OpEx Split - Run
Enterprise R&D tax credit reporting with BI Connectors. Initiative-level cost accountability with Structure PPM.

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