What You Need to Know About Work Order Management
Offices aren’t exempt from needing work done every once in a while. Maybe you’ve needed the printer repaired, made a standard maintenance call such as an air filter replacement, or appliances in the breakroom stopped working suddenly. These are just a few examples of times when a work order — the connecting communication between you as
Simple Tips for Eliminating Procrastination Within Your Project Team
In the previous post, we discussed an essential soft skill for project managers - recognizing and beating productivity killers within your team. We started with ways to deal with unproductive interruptions, which almost 41% people see as the no.1 enemy for their work performance. Now, let’s move on to the productivity battle against procrastination, the
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How to Stay Motivated at Work: The Science of Productive Breaks [INFOGRAPHIC]
When you are feeling overloaded, instead of pushing harder, a wise thing to do might be to take a short break. As we discussed in one of our previous posts, short breaks can revive your productivity and decrease tension. We looked deeper into the matter and put together some interesting facts, as well as practical
5 Unexpected Ways To Improve Team Collaboration
The general trend these days is toward open office plans, where cubicle walls and office doors don’t impede communication. In fact, the International Facility Management Association reports that 70% of offices in the US now have an open floor plan. But tearing down the walls so we can yell across the room at one another doesn’t
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How to Convince Your Boss You Need Better Collaboration Tools
You're reached that point where email and spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore — that point when the lost attachments and noisy communication of email, as well as the need for constant manual updates on spreadsheets, have moved from being useful to being inefficient. You’re convinced that your team would benefit from proper collaboration tools,
8 Attitudes Guaranteed to Sink Your Agile Projects
There's a glut of articles and advice about Agile floating around online. Adoption patterns, education plans, and implementation methodologies abound. But there’s a big difference between doing Agile and being Agile. If your team simply adopts Agile rules without the mindset, you’re going to have Agile challenges. We've done the research and studied the pitfalls
Product Development Lessons from Infamous Product Flops
You’ve spent months laying the groundwork for your company's new product: conducting in-depth market research, creating wireframes and mockups, persuading stakeholders and execs to support your plan, plotting out a detailed project schedule, wrangling the development team, and working with marketing to generate buzz and ensure a successful launch. After all that work, the product
Drag Milestones to Easily Shift Your Project Schedule
Life interferes with even the most perfect project plans, so sometimes you may need to adjust the team's schedule. With our recent Timeline update, you now can shift a project's deadline and all attached project tasks will be rescheduled correspondingly, saving you time on manual task-by-task changes. To shift your project schedule, just drag the milestone
Wrike Remote Work Template Brings Teams Together & Keeps Projects On Track
To put an end to the disorganized virtual workspace, the lack of clarity on high-priority work, and disjointed employee communication, Wrike has created a Remote Work Template. Read how our pre-built configuration can help your remote teams thrive.
Join 100 Passionate Projects 2.0 Managers
. I’m a strong believer in collective intelligence and the power of social media in promoting it. I launched the group hoping that it would be a great place for people who are enthusiastic about the new trend to share their ideas and contribute to the ongoing conversation about how Enterprise 2.0 technologies influence traditional
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They've Already Tried the New Wrike. Have You?
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When Does Your Week Start? Select the First Day.
Each day, Wrike welcomes new customers from all over the world, and we are working hard to make it a perfect workplace for all of you. Today international users can change the local time for receiving to-do e-mails, adjust the date format and configure the start day of their week according to their country’s local
20 #ProjectManagement Gurus to Follow on Twitter
Twitter is a fantastic resource for keeping up with the latest trends and connecting with leading figures in project management. But the sheer number of voices can often be overwhelming, especially when you’re new to the world of tweets and hashtags. We’ve sifted through the crowd and collected 20 inspirational and informative Project Management Gurus you
A-Z Glossary of Online Marketing Terms (Infographic)
SEO, SEM, CMS, PPC, CPM…. Many industries have their own language, but the marketing world takes the acronyms and buzzwords to a new level. For the uninitiated, the marketing terms glossary can be confusing, to say the least. To help you out, we put together this infographic with a list of common online marketing terms,