Alex & Team's Story

Workforce Development
IT Division

TimeTracker
TimeTracker is a robust time management application unique to Workforce Development to keep track of clients’ time in varying programs to clock in and out of their designated assignments. It serves as a very critical tool for calculating and collating time data. Prior to this application being developed, calculations had to be validated in layers by staff before final submission. Now, data is easily entered in the application to quickly produce pay checks for client participation.

The TimeTracker Application consists of close to 40,000 lines of code developed by ONE Software Engineer in the Department.  An application of this caliber is usually developed by a TEAM of developers, so this is a very significant accomplishment! This automated change has reduced the process of 60 hours per week split between three staff members to less than 20 hours currently, with future improvements promising to reduce it further. To purchase a product or have a vendor develop something like this application would be very costly and can be very restrictive. The advantage of this application being developed in-house gives the flexibility to customize it to whatever the Department needs to serve its clients and it’s the most cost-effective approach to a much-needed solution.