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March 26, 2018
Whether You Charge a Fixed Fee or By the Hour, It’s Now Easier to Invoice
Some new invoicing features are headed your way! Since we launched the new fixed fee project type, it’s been a lot easier to gain valuable insight into the health and profitability of projects that bill at a fixed price. But there was a catch:...
March 21, 2018
Push Projects from Harvest to Forecast, or from Forecast to Harvest!
Linking projects between Harvest and Forecast offers a wide range of useful benefits. It opens up the possibility to see where your projects are headed, allows you to plan your team against the remaining budget, and offers a view of estimates vs....
January 23, 2018
Weekend Scheduling Is Now Available in Forecast
Harvest Forecast was introduced in the summer of 2014, bringing a simple and intuitive experience to planning your team across projects. From the beginning, scheduling in Forecast has focused solely on weekdays, Monday–Friday. Over the past 3 years,...
November 29, 2017
Smoother Scheduling for Part-Time Employees in Forecast
Earlier this year, we added the ability to choose which days of the week people work in Forecast. This allows for more accurate scheduling and reporting of part-time employees and freelancers. However, non-work days (days on which someone is not...
November 14, 2017
Power Up Your Project Knowledge by Budgeting in Fees per Task
Have you been using Harvest’s new budgets for fixed fee projects? If so, you might’ve run into an interesting problem. A project can come under its total budget, but how do you know exactly what happened beneath that total number? How do you...
September 26, 2017
New Roles Get You Faster Access to Team-Specific Reports
A few weeks ago, we announced a forthcoming feature: roles. Today, we’re beginning to roll out this new feature, so you should see it in your account within the next few days! That means you’ll be just a few clicks away from reports that can answer...
September 14, 2017
New Fixed Fee Budgets Show If You’re On Track or Billing Enough
We were excited to kick off the summer with the release of our new Fixed Fee feature. But one problem’s been bugging us all summer long. After you set up your fixed fee project, how do you know if it’s on track, or if you charged enough? Answering...
September 11, 2017
Introducing Harvest for Slack
It’s our belief that time tracking should be frictionless and accessible, no matter where you prefer to work. That’s why we offer desktop and mobile apps, browser extensions, and integrations with your favorite tools, including Trello, Basecamp,...
August 24, 2017
Introducing Placeholders in Forecast: A Handy Tool for Uncertain Times
Figuring out who will work on what project is the tough recurring question all managers face. Today, scheduling time to a project in Forecast requires that you also assign that time to a person on your team. For the most part, this is naturally how...Start tracking time today
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