Managing an office is not an easy task, and to do the job correctly requires the use of the finest and easiest to use office management software tools that both office managers and entry level employees alike can use to up their productivity and ensure smooth office management on each task that occurs.

Unlock your team’s maximum productivity with one of these three conceptual agile project management templates. You’ve undoubtedly heard of Agile by now as the startup-based move-fast-and-break-stuff ethos has trickled its way into the largest of institutions. Digital transformations orient around the need for speed and maximizing productivity.

Understanding how you manage your projects will help you better manage your Milestones. Whether the endeavor is big or small, a Milestone in project management serves to cap off a workstream and serves as a small point of celebration in the frame of a larger project. Let’s discuss how Milestones can be used, as well as some ideas for popular Milestone templates.

There’s a wide variety of ways to view all of the endeavors your organization is working on, but viewing all of the work within your company’s wingspan can be quite daunting, and perhaps even meaningless, as it lacks the context and actionability of how your initiatives unfold on a day-to-day basis. Clustering your projects into Portfolios will help your company’s leadership contextualize your efforts, as well as sharpen the focus of those tasks with carrying out the daily driving.

In the search for the superior application for your digital workspace, it can be daunting and time consuming to try out all that are currently available on the market. Some are better known than others such as Google Drive or Dropbox. Mainly due to the brand name, these applications rose quickly in popularity. As other applications rush to fill the gaps left by these multi-billion dollar corporations, it’s our duty as the consumers to determine the best one for our online work.

For any professional chef or passionate spare time cooker, having an easy-to-use recipe database is an important aspect for each type of cooking and often acts as the “gps” for ingredients to reach their end destination as a finished dish. I’ve compiled a list of 3 efficient ways to manage and store your recipe database digitally so you can avoid your index cards or note books being filled with eggs or maple syrup.

At first glance, project management in a creative environment might seem like an oxymoron. After all, shouldn’t we promote the freeflow of ideas without trying to add potentially limiting structure? Creatives are the cornerstone of the world’s innovations — their inability to think outside the box and present dynamic solutions is a benefit to any organization.

In the digital era, workspace applications are the key to success in any business. When it comes to selecting the right collaboration application for your workplace, it can be difficult to identify what tools to prioritize and what ones can be compromised on. Some applications are more task based and lacking in collaboration or vice versa. Getting everything you want from collaboration apps can sometimes be a difficult feat.

Working outside of the office space has become more popular since the inception of the global pandemic. Some people were already working remotely before the lockdown and were familiar with the remote work model. Unfortunately, many organizations, forced to embrace remote work, are struggling to cope with the challenges of leading remote teams. Many virtual leaders do not know how to inspire productivity in remote employees.

If 2020 was the year of work-from-home, 2021 will gradually be easing into what the future of the office will look like: a hybridized home-and-office requiring the use of many different workflow tools. The reason this term casts such a wide net is because everyone’s situation will be notably different. Some businesses will return in full force (once they’re able to) and will resume the office life that they formerly lived, while other organizations may never have a formal office again.