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# 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.