Time recording is a solved problem. Realisation is not. The leakage happens between the time recorded and the time billed: write-offs, narrative rewrites, client-driven discounts, partner-approved haircuts. Most of it is invisible until the quarter closes.
The weekly view
A simple dashboard, by partner, by client, by matter, with three numbers: hours recorded, hours billable, hours billed. Anything outside a band gets a one-line auto-generated explanation. Partners catch leakage in the week, not the quarter.
