Reinvent the timesheet
Nobody wants to fill one. Every business needs the intelligence behind one.
- Problem statement ID
- AS-04
- Organization
- ArchScale
- Category
- Web Application / Desktop Software / Voice & AI Interactions
- Theme
- Desktop Activity Intelligence & Workforce Analytics
Background
Professional teams often work across multiple applications throughout the day. For example: AutoCAD → Browser → Email → WhatsApp → SketchUp → Meetings → Documentation.
Traditional timesheets require employees to manually remember and record how much time they spent on different projects and activities. This can be inaccurate, incomplete and time-consuming.
Problem
There is a need for an intelligent system that can help understand work activity and automatically assist with project-based timesheet generation.
The challenge is not simply to track computer usage. The system should attempt to understand:
Expected solution
Participants should develop an Activity & Timesheet Intelligence System.
Desktop Activity Collection
Capture application / window activity with appropriate user consent.
Activity Classification
Classify activity into categories such as design, research, communication or documentation.
Project Association
Associate activity with a project where possible.
Automatic Timesheet Generation
Generate suggested timesheet entries.
Manual Correction
Allow users to correct classifications.
Confidence / Intelligence
Indicate how confident the system is in its classification.
Project Analytics
Show how much time projects or activities consume.
Data Privacy & Usage Controls
Give studios the visibility and control over what is happening.
Illustrative flow
Desktop Activity → Activity Detection → Application / Context Analysis
→ Project Classification → Work-Type Classification → Confidence Score
→ Suggested Timesheet → User Review / Correction → Approved Timesheet → Project Time Intelligence
Key requirements
The prototype should demonstrate:
- Activity collection
- Application / activity classification
- Project association
- Automatic timesheet suggestion
- User correction / approval
- Basic project time analytics
- Data privacy & usage controls
The solution must be designed with user consent, transparency and privacy in mind.
Expected outcome
The goal is to reduce manual timesheet entry while producing useful project-level time intelligence.