In a perfect world, everything should remain static and the project schedule should never change. Unfortunately, the world is not perfect.
The schedule, resource requirements, and costs will change during project execution. Problems may occur because of technical difficulties, late delivery of equipment or material, loss of key resources, misunderstandings or changes to the scope, and hundreds of other reasons. That’s why Project Tracking is an important process if you want your project to be successful.
In the Timesheet process, three roles emerge:
Team Members will report the amount of time they actually worked on the tasks they were assigned to (or on tasks that they were not originally assigned).
Resource Managers will review and approve the information submitted by Team Members or send it back to be reworked.
Project Managers will manage the impacts of Team Members Timesheet on their projects.
In order for Timesheets to be available to Team Members, projects have to be published.
In order for Resource Managers to validate Timesheets, they must be the Manager of the Organization branch to which the Team Member (a.k.a., Resource) is part of.
Reviewing Timesheets can be optional and they can be directly approved by the Project Manager without being reviewed by the Resource Manager.