Ship work and track it without context switching
Plan work on boards, track time per task, and keep HR and finance out of your engineers' way. One workspace, fewer tabs.
What is BusinessHRM for software teams?
BusinessHRM for software teams puts project boards, per-task time tracking, and background HR and payroll in one workspace, with an MCP server and REST API so engineers can work with it from their own tools.
The screens your team will actually open
Real screens from the web app. The same boards and calendar are on Android too.
Meetings and reviews in one calendar
Meetings, reviews and events on one calendar, with Google Calendar sync, so release week is planned where everyone can see it.
Every project, its progress and its people
Members, deadlines, clients and a progress bar per project. Milestones and dependencies hold the plan together.
Where the hours actually went
A daily hours trend above a table of tasks, hours and earnings. Filter by person, project, client or date and export to CSV or PDF.
Why tracking work usually fails with engineers
If one of these sounds like last month, the rest of this page is for you.
Too many tools between planning and payroll
Boards in one app, time in another, HR in a third. Every hop is a tab, a login, and a number that has to be reconciled later.
Time tracking engineers quietly ignore
If logging time is a chore, it does not happen, and estimates never improve because there is no real data behind them.
Reports that never match each other
Progress, hours, and budget come from different systems, so leadership debates the numbers instead of the decisions.
How a release cycle runs
Plan it, build it, ship it, learn from it. Time and people data come along without anyone filling in a form.
- 1
Planning
Break the work down
Create tasks on a board with estimates, milestones and dependencies. Project templates mean a repeat kind of release starts pre-built.
- 2
Building
Track time with one click
Start the timer on the task you picked up. On Windows, Team Tracker can run it from the desktop instead.
- 3
Reviewing
Keep the context on the task
Comments, mentions, files and threaded discussions sit on the task, not in someone's inbox.
- 4
From your editor
Let Claude Code do the admin
Connect Claude Code through the MCP server and ask it to create the follow-up tasks or pull last week's hours, without opening the app.
- 5
After the release
Compare estimate with actual
Tracked time sits next to the estimate on every task, and project reports show where the hours went. The next estimate starts from real data.
Update the board without leaving your editor
Connect Claude Code, Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to the BusinessHRM MCP server. It works as the person who connected it, with their permissions, and it can create and update records as well as read them. The chat assistant inside the app is for questions and answers only.
- > Create a task on the Website Redesign project for Fatima to review the homepage copy, due Friday.
- > How many hours did the design team log on client projects last week?
- > List open high-priority tickets and who they are assigned to.
How BusinessHRM helps software teams
BusinessHRM keeps engineers in one place. Boards, lists, calendar and Gantt views carry a timer on every task, so tracking is a single click rather than a separate ritual, and estimates sit next to actuals. HR, leave, attendance, and payroll run in the background, and because progress, hours, and budget share one database, leadership sees one set of numbers.
- Tracking that actually happensA timer on every task means engineers log time with a click, so you get real data instead of guesses.
- Estimates that improvePlanned versus actual on every task turns each cycle into a sharper forecast for the next one.
- No more number debatesProgress, hours, and budget from one source mean meetings decide, rather than argue about whose figure is right.
Boards engineers will use
Kanban, lists, calendar and Gantt with time on each task, so tracking takes a click, not a chore.
Estimates versus actuals
Compare planned and tracked time per task to make the next estimate sharper.
HR stays out of the way
Leave, attendance, and payroll run in the background so the team stays focused on shipping.
An API you can build on
A full REST API, outbound webhooks and Slack or Discord targets, so BusinessHRM fits the tools you already run.
Who on your team feels the difference
Written for
- Startups & scale-ups
- Dev & product studios
- Engineering managers
Engineers
A timer on the task they are already looking at, and an MCP server so Claude Code can update tasks for them.
Engineering managers
Estimates next to actuals, hours by person, and a shared team leave calendar to check before committing to a date.
Product and delivery leads
Milestones, dependencies and Gantt for the plan, and project reports for the retrospective.
Founders and finance
Hours, budget and payroll from one database, and billable task time ready to invoice for client work.
Try it on one project, not the whole org
Move one project across, put timers on its tasks and run one cycle. The estimate-versus-actual view will tell you if it is worth keeping.
What you can stop paying for
The tools software teams most often move off, and what takes their place.
- Instead ofJira or ClickUp Boards and tasks with native time and billing built in, for teams that do not need issue-tracker depth.
- Instead ofToggl or Harvest Per-task timers that engineers actually use, tied to the work.
- Instead ofA separate HR stack Leave, attendance, and payroll running quietly in the background.
Go deeper
The parts of BusinessHRM software teams use most, in detail.
Will time tracking slow engineers down?
No. Timers live on the task, so tracking is a single click, and on Windows the Team Tracker desktop app can run in the background once someone starts it.
Our engineers use macOS. Does the tracker work?
The Team Tracker desktop app is Windows only today. On macOS and Linux, engineers track time with the task timers in the web app, which feed the same timesheets and reports.
Can I compare estimates to actuals?
Yes. Every task holds planned and tracked time side by side, so each cycle sharpens the next estimate.
Can we use it from Claude Code?
Yes. Connect Claude Code to the BusinessHRM MCP server with an API key, then create tasks, update records or pull reports in plain language. The chat assistant inside the app answers questions but does not change records.
Does it integrate with GitHub or GitLab?
Not with a built-in integration today. Teams connect their own tooling through the REST API and outbound webhooks, or through the MCP server.
Can we bill clients from tracked task time?
Yes. Time tracked on tasks becomes billable hours you can invoice, so client work never goes unbilled.
Plan it, track it and pay for it in one place
Boards, per-task time, HR and payroll in one workspace, plus an MCP server for the tools your engineers already use.
Free forever for unlimited users. No credit card required.