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Projects and tasks
Every hour you log in VERA is attached to a project. Most are also linked to a task — the type of work you did. Understanding how these work makes logging faster and keeps your team's data accurate.
Projects
A project is a body of work — a client engagement, an internal initiative, a recurring retainer. Your organisation's projects are set up by an owner or manager.
When you log time, you specify the project by name:
"3 hours on Nike campaign"
"2h on the internal training project"
VERA finds the best match based on what you've written. If multiple projects could match, they'll ask you to confirm which one you mean.
To see all the projects you're currently working on:
"What projects am I assigned to?"
"Show me my active projects"
Tasks
Tasks are categories of work within a project — Design, Development, Strategy, Admin, Client Management, and so on. Each project has a specific set of tasks enabled for it.
If you have a single work plan (envelope) on a project, you don't need to specify the task — VERA picks it up automatically. If you're doing more than one type of work on the same project, you can say it directly or VERA will ask:
"4 hours on Nike, design"
"2h on Adidas project, video editing"
"2h on Adidas" ← works if you only have one task planned there
To see which tasks are available on a project:
"What tasks are enabled for the Nike project?"
Project types
Your organisation may run different types of projects. As a team member, the type mostly affects how your manager sees the financial picture — it doesn't change how you log time. The types are:
Retainer — an ongoing engagement with a set number of hours and a monthly fee. Runs in periods (usually monthly).
Time & Materials (T&M) — billed by the hour. Hours logged directly drive the invoice.
Fixed Price — a set fee for a defined scope. Revenue is recognised as the work is completed.
Agile / Sprint — work delivered in sprints, each with its own scope and value.
Pro Bono — client work at no charge.
Internal — overhead, training, admin, R&D, and similar non-client work.
Work plans (envelopes)
Your manager may assign you a work plan on a project — a set number of hours for a particular type of work. This is what appears in your morning briefing as "allocated" vs "logged" vs "remaining".
Work plans are planning tools, not gates. You can log time to any active project regardless of whether you have a work plan for it. If you're regularly logging to projects that don't show up in your morning plan, let your manager know — they may want to update your envelopes.