Free owner time audit
Owner time audit
Find recurring work you can document or delegate.
Live diagnosis
Find the first hours to move
Quick mode starts with unclassified tasks. Choose a classification and valid hours for each named task to see your partial audit. Full mode includes a worked sample week.
Name a task, enter valid hours and an owner hourly value, and choose a classification for every named task. Then the totals and exports appear.
- Log at least one time block.
How this tool works
One honest week in. Hours and dollars by bucket, a private opportunity queue, and a practical delegation report out.
- Log the week in 30-minute blocks.
- Review the private classification and dollar view.
- Get the report, editable log, and delegation recipe.
The useful distinction
An owner bottleneck becomes fixable when the week has names and numbers.
A time audit is a short observation period, not a permanent surveillance system. Record what actually happened in 30-minute blocks, then separate judgment and accountability from work that has a teachable definition of done or a repeatable rule.
The dollar view prices attention; it does not promise that every hour becomes cash. Move one recurring task first, define the approval and escalation boundaries, compare the result with a clear definition of done, and stop when the work cannot be reviewed safely.
Questions owners ask
Owner time audit FAQ
What is a time audit?
A time audit is a one-week record of where work actually goes. Logging in 30-minute blocks is usually detailed enough to reveal recurring patterns without turning the exercise into minute-by-minute time tracking.
How should I classify owner-only, delegable, and automatable work?
Owner-only work depends on judgment, accountability, a key relationship, or an irreversible decision. Delegable work has a teachable definition of done and an escalation path. Automatable work is repeatable, rules-based, observable, and reversible. Quick mode requires you to choose each named task's classification and enter valid hours and owner value before showing results or exports.
Does Nerd Out store my time audit?
No cloud copy is created. Device saving is opt-in for 30 days, with separate drafts for the quick audit and full logger. Restore or delete your device copy, or work in memory only. Personalized exports are generated locally.
Does the classification use AI?
This draft uses a transparent category and keyword rule in the browser, then lets you override every suggestion. The gated recipe can help you review redacted task labels in an AI tool, but you choose whether to use it and a person must approve every classification.
What does the dollar value mean?
It multiplies the time in each bucket by the hourly value you enter. Use it to order experiments, not as a savings forecast: delegation, documentation, supervision, and software still have costs.