Project of the Month - January 2008

SuperTimeSheet

Description of project

Trove Info

Why are you a leading contributor in the SugarCRM community? What are the benefits that you experience from your involvement?

By contributing to projects on SugarForge I get self-promotion as a developer and the satisfaction of understanding that my work is appreciated by SugarCRM community.

Still I can't say I'm a leading contributor, but soon I will :)

What other projects have you been involved with on SugarForge.org?

Teams Open Source for SugarCRM 5.0 CE pre-Alpha release by LampadaCRM. Thanks to David O'Keefe for entrusting me to create the first prototype.

What inspired you to create this project?

Mr. Rainer Mokros has requested this project to be implemented (followed by his thread http://www.sugarcrm.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25527).

What business pain points were you solving specifically?

Simple and fast time entry into SugarCRM applications (matrix layout makes "life" easier).

What are the benefits of testing your product on SugarExchange/SugarForge instead of going directly to the market?

I get community feedback which helps to improve the project.

What other benefits does your business derive from using the SugarExchange/SugarForge environment to distribute products?

Experience of developing and supporting products for use in more than 1 company.

Is there anything else that the users should know about your product? Something hidden or new?

If you are using the paid version, go into Studio and find in Projects, Project Tasks and Cases modules new custom fields "budget", "actual (hrs)", "billable (hrs)". These fields could be dropped onto a layout and they show the summary for certain project / project task / case.

What would you say to encourage additional community participation?

Like Fred Dixon said, "The more developers there are on SugarForge, the better the feedback is going to be for all of us"

What do you want to build next for Sugar Suite?

Coming this month (January, 2008) the SuperInvoice module to cooperate with SuperTimesheet.

And projects with regard to time-recording, project management and asset management etc.