Estimates and logging time
KAMI Tasks tracks two different kinds of "how big": story points for sizing, and time for hours actually planned and spent. You don't have to use both, but everything downstream — My Work's remaining figures, the Timelog, sprint Insights — is only as good as what people enter here.
Story points versus time
- Story points size a ticket relative to other tickets. They feed sprint velocity — how many points your team completes per sprint — which is what makes planning the next sprint more than guesswork.
- Original estimate is a time figure: how long the work should take. Together with time logged, it gives a ticket (and your My Work page) an estimate / logged / remaining position.
Points are for planning across the team; hours are for tracking your own reality. They answer different questions, which is why both exist.
Logging time
On the ticket page, choose Log time. Enter the duration in the short format — 2h 30m — and a note on what you worked on. Every entry appears in the ticket's Work log, and rolls up into the company-wide Timelog.
Log as you go, not in a heroic Friday reconstruction. Small honest entries beat one invented one.
Planning dates
Tickets carry a start date and due date. If you know the due date and the estimate, Calculate Start Date works backwards to when the work must begin — useful for deadline-driven work.
Due dates are what My Work reads to build its Overdue / Due today / Due this week buckets, and what automations can chase. A ticket without a due date can never be overdue — which is either fine or a problem, depending on the ticket.
Rules and things to watch
- "Remaining" assumes an estimate. With no original estimate, logged time still records history, but nothing can say how much is left. My Work will nudge you: set time estimates on tasks to track progress.
- Time is visible. Logged time appears in the company Timelog with your name on it — it is a record, not a private note.
- Estimates are not commitments. They exist so drift is visible early. A ticket at 12h logged against a 4h estimate is a conversation, not a crime.