For litigation, examples are Pre-Trial Pleadings and Motions, and Discovery. Phases represent collections of tasks and activities that occur largely in a sequence during the course of a case or matter. Typically, timekeepers will enter time at the task level, but phase-level time entry will also be permitted. This might be useful in smaller cases in which task-level detail is not needed. This represents more detail under the phase level in the coding hierarchy.
All tasks roll up to a phase.
Tasks are intended to capture tangible work product produced or business results achieved. The following list of guiding principles has informed the development of the Litigation Code Set. These principles emerged throughout a number of meetings held during 1994 and early 1995 and discussions of the various options under consideration. Support of business objectives and processes. A primary, recurring consideration has been to focus on the purposes and uses of standardized coding.