# Time Tracking System Roadmap

This document outlines the roadmap for the development of the Time Tracking and Management System.

## Project Phases

### Phase 1: MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

**Goal:** A functional system with core time tracking capabilities, user authentication, and basic project/activity management.

**Sub-phases:**

1.  **1.1 Core Backend Setup:**
    -   Project initialization (Go, Next.js).
    -   Database setup (PostgreSQL, GORM).
    -   Basic API structure (Gin).
    -   Authentication setup (JWT).

2.  **1.2 User Management:**
    -   User registration, login, and password management.
    -   Implementation of basic user roles (User, Admin).

3.  **1.3 Company Management:**
    -   Company (tenant) creation and basic management (Admin only).

4.  **1.4 Project and Activity Management:**
    -   Project creation/editing/deletion (name, description, company association).
    -   Activity creation/editing/deletion (name, billing rate, company association).

5.  **1.5 Time Entry Core:**
    -   Time entry creation (start/stop timer functionality).
    -   Manual time entry input.

6.  **1.6 Basic Frontend:**
     - Basic UI for time entry.
     - Basic UI for project/activity listing.

7.  **1.7 Basic Listing and Filtering:**
    -   Time entry listing.
    -   Basic filtering (by user, project, date range).

8.  **1.8 Simple Dashboard:**
    -   Display of recent time entries.

### Phase 2: Version 1

**Goal:** Full implementation of the features described in the initial version of the specification.

**Sub-phases:**

1.  **2.1 Expanded Roles:**
    -   Implement Manager, Auditor, and Company roles.

2.  **2.2 Client and Employee Management:**
    -   Client creation/editing/deletion.
    -   Employee creation/editing/deletion (with hourly rates).

3.  **2.3 Detailed Time Entry:**
    -   Add fields for location, purpose, description, and billable percentage to time entries.

4.  **2.4 Reporting Engine:**
    -   Implement report generation (by project, employee, client, time period).
    -   PDF export for reports.

5.  **2.5 Dashboard Enhancements:**
    -   Add graphical dashboards with summaries and visualizations.

6.  **2.6 Tracker Improvement:**
    -   Pre-populate tracker with data from the last booking.

7.  **2.7 Multi-Tenancy Refinement:**
    -   Ensure complete data isolation between tenants.

8.  **2.8 RBAC Implementation:**
    -   Implement fine-grained Role-Based Access Control.

9.  **2.9 API Documentation:**
    -   Create comprehensive API documentation using Swagger.

10. **2.10 CI/CD Setup:**
    -   Implement a basic CI/CD pipeline for automated testing and deployment.

### Phase 3: Version 2

**Goal:** Implement the "Future Enhancements" outlined in the specification.

**Sub-phases:**

1.  **3.1 Sprint and Task Management:**
    -   Add sprint and task entities to the data model.
    -   Implement sprint and task creation/editing/deletion.

2.  **3.2 Kanban Boards:**
    -   Develop Kanban board UI components.
    -   Implement drag-and-drop functionality for task management.

3.  **3.3 Task-Time Entry Linking:**
    -   Allow users to select a specific task when creating a time entry.

### Phase 4: Future Considerations

**Goal:** Expand the system with additional features and integrations.

**Sub-phases (Not exhaustive, can be further broken down):**

1.  **4.1 Integrations:**
    -   Billing systems integration.
    -   Calendar integrations (Google Calendar, Outlook).
    -   Project management tool integrations (Jira, Trello).
    -   Webhook implementation.
    -   SSO implementation.

2.  **4.2 Extensibility:**
    -   Develop a plugin system.
    -   Implement custom fields.

3.  **4.3 Mobile App:**
    -   Develop responsive web design.
    -   Explore native mobile app development.

4.  **4.4 Internationalization:**
    -   Implement multilingual support.
    -   Add localized date/time formats.
    -   Add currency conversion.

5.  **4.5 Billing and Invoicing:**
    -   Implement invoice generation.
    -   Add billing data export functionality.
    -   Implement reminders for unrecorded time.

6.  **4.6 Notification System:**
    -   Implement email and in-app notifications.
    -   Add reminders and approval requests.

7.  **4.7 Analytics:**
    -   Implement advanced analytics and reporting.
    -   Add trend analysis and forecasting.
    -   Implement resource utilization tracking.
    -   Add export options for BI tools.

8. **4.8 Offline Functionality**
    - Implement PWA features.
    - Add local storage and synchronization.

9. **4.9 Enhanced Security:**
    - Implement more detailed audit trails.

10. **4.10 Error Handling:**
    - Implement a unified error handling and validation strategy.

11. **4.11 Performance:**
    - Implement Caching (Redis).
    - Optimize database with indexing.
