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Project Hierarchy

Four levels of structure that match how professional services actually operate. Not how some SaaS vendor decided everyone should work.

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The structure at a glance

Each level rolls up cleanly into the one above it. Time entries live at the Task level — everything above is for organization and reporting.

Client
Acme Corporation
Your client or internal department. All projects, hours, and billing roll up here.
Project
Website Redesign
A discrete engagement or deliverable. Has its own budget, timeline, and team assignment.
Class
Design Phase
A category or phase within a project. Groups related tasks for cleaner reporting.
Task
Homepage Wireframes
The leaf node — where time entries are logged. As specific as you need it to be.
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Clients

Each client is a top-level container. Add contact info, notes, and a status. All projects under a client roll up for a complete billing picture across engagements.

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Projects

A project lives under one client. Set a description, status (active, paused, complete), and assign team members. Projects can be filtered, sorted, and reported on independently.

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Classes

Classes divide a project into phases or disciplines — Design, Development, QA, Client Calls. Use them however your team naturally slices work. They're optional but powerful for reporting.

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Tasks

Tasks are where work lives. Each task has a name, optional description, and status. Time entries attach here — giving you granular, task-level visibility into where hours are going.

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Roll-up reporting

Every hour logged on a task flows up through class → project → client automatically. See total hours at any level without manual aggregation.

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Filter & search

Filter projects by client, status, or team member. Search tasks by name. Navigate large workspaces without getting lost in a flat list of hundreds of items.

Why four levels matters

Two-level tools (most competitors)

  • Project → Task only
  • No way to group tasks by phase or discipline
  • Reports show flat task lists — impossible to read at scale
  • Billing rollup requires manual spreadsheet work
  • Works for solo freelancers, breaks for teams

TimeQuorum four-level hierarchy

  • Client → Project → Class → Task
  • Group tasks by phase, discipline, or sprint
  • Reports are readable at any level of detail
  • Billing rolls up to client automatically
  • Scales from a solo consultant to a 50-person agency

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