Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

As we continue our focus on enhancing the reporting functionality throughout Teamwork this quarter, we’re delighted to introduce the first of three Planned vs Actual Reports — the Planned vs Actual Milestones Report. The aim of this new report is to give you an understanding of the actual status of your Milestones by comparing the original due dates with your current due or completed dates. With this view, you can quickly identify how a project is performing against your plan.

Whether you’re onboarding a new tool within an organization or using an existing tool, it’s critical for your team to get the maximum use out of it. However, it’s just as important to ensure your team is using it as effectively and efficiently as possible. We know that many project management tools can be limited in their functionality and others may be too feature-heavy and it can be a little unclear on where to focus within the product to gain the most value.

Searching for great virtual management software? Managing a virtual environment is not easy. For starters, you need to monitor things like resource distribution, security, and backup. And without a dedicated platform, it can be challenging to know the current status of any virtual machine on your network. That’s why you need virtual management tools. But with hundreds of apps out there, which one should you choose?

Workflow automation is the process of simplifying your business processes and making them easier to manage. It can help you streamline your repetitive tasks while helping you focus on the important things. In other words, you can do actual work instead of toiling away on administrative chores.

Despite all of the changes to the workplace last year, one thing hasn’t changed—employees are still spending 60% of their time on work about work. These activities, like searching for information or chasing status updates, take time away from meaningful, strategic work that moves your organization forward. In 2018, we introduced Portfolios to help teams reduce work about work and organize their most important strategic initiatives with project portfolio management.

The scene: You’re working on a task when a question comes up. “Ask the PM,” says your co-worker. But which PM are they talking about? Depending on your company or the project, it could refer to the program or the product manager. But what’s the difference between them? However similar the titles might seem — these roles are not universal and can change at each organization.

In today’s technology-driven world, the consolidation of information and processes is key to business success. The more insights you have about your company, the better you can identify opportunities and bottlenecks in your business as soon as they appear and react accordingly. However, the constant addition of new processes and systems in growing businesses can make it difficult to harness company data.

You asked so we delivered. Yes — Scoro’s Gantt chart is finally here. For almost a decade, Scoro’s been working tirelessly to build the world’s most holistic business management software. With hundreds of updates behind us, we’re excited to finally add the missing piece you’ve all been waiting for – Scoro’s Gantt chart. The first real-time Gantt chart on Vimeo.

The Gantt chart can be a pivotal instrument to ensure your project’s success… when used correctly. That’s why it’s imperative to choose the right tool for your business – so you don’t end up with just another expensive and unused tool in your toolkit. But with so many different solutions on the market, choosing the best one can get overwhelming quickly.