Project and Time Sheet Approval

Several principles can be applied to the approval of time and expenses.

One option is to have no approval process at all. Another option could be to require the Department Managers to approve time and expenses for their employees. The typical process though, is for the PM to approve the costs incurred on the project.

The PM receives a To Do with information about outstanding actions. If the PM rejects any of the hours or expenses, a To Do appears for the relevant employee.

Time entries are not shown in the project until they have been approved.

The Line Manager can receive a full overview of all relevant employees. The Line Manager can view submitted time sheets and those not yet submitted (see the following figure). In the same view, the Line Manager can either approve the time sheets or drill down to the single time sheet entries before approving the time sheet.