Yes/No: Time tracking for a small software startup dev team?

2 points by mgamache ↗ HN
I manage a small 4 person dev team in a healthcare software startup (2 week Agile sprints). Some stakeholders want time tracking. Pros and Cons?

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In our outfit (operating for some years already) we were pondering the same question in regards to tracking support.

In the end we did a comprehensive analysis of how much time each client actually uses and the results were surprising. The vast majority of clients actually are not abusing the support channels with a few outliers.

So the takeaway for us was clearly to set up Basic and VIP support packages and spare our people the braindead overheads of time tracking.

Why do they want time tracking?