Baseball legend Babe Ruth knew a lot about collaboration. “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success,” Ruth explained. “You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” While the Great Bambino was referring to the sport that made him famous, this is also true for teams in the workplace. Collaboration is critical to success.
Have you started working remotely in the past couple weeks? Welcome to our world. It’s good to have the company — but we think it’s even better to clue you into some of the communication issues you’re likely to face. Project management software can solve a surprising number of them. Thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak, we can’t simply cross the hall or pop into the next cubicle with a question.
At Teamwork, we know how important it is to create a seamless, connected workflow. That’s why it’s so important for the tools you use every day to integrate with each other, so you and your team can work more efficiently. That’s why we’re so excited to share that we’ve recently added the ability to integrate via Zapier to Teamwork CRM!
After weeks of working from home, businesses are starting to think about how to reopen. Some companies may already be testing the waters with a few employees in-office, others may be preparing a distributed model that works for them. No matter what your country, state, city, or even county’s policy towards reopening is, deciding when and how to reopen your business is a unique decision for each company.
When you hear the word “transparency,” project management software probably isn’t what comes to mind. Maybe you think of the window next to your desk. Unless the blinds are closed, you can see clearly into your yard. It’s not much different in the work context: Unless you have a reason to block the light, you should be able to watch what’s going on from where you’re seated. Project management software is that transparent window.
So you’ve decided on a project management software you want to introduce to your team. Great! Choosing a project management software is a challenge in and of itself. But now that you’ve found the perfect one, the real battle begins: implementation.
Business is a battle, and the companies that best optimize their resources tend to win. But without a clear look at project-level data, it’s impossible to distribute those resources well. The right project management software shows you how and where your resources are spent. Organizing, executing, and analyzing projects is a lot easier when you can find it all on a single platform.
It’s easy to look at project management software through the lens of a single goal: more successful projects. It’s true: 77% of high-performing projects are built with project management software. Companies that use project management software are better at staying on schedule, on budget, and on top of stakeholder needs. Those things create a better customer experience and a stronger bottom line. But remember, buyers are human.
Whether you’re new to Asana or a power user, knowing how to structure your work in Asana is the first step toward connecting individual work to larger initiatives or goals. In fact, according to the Anatomy of Work Index, employees who have clarity on how their individual work adds value to their organization are 2x more likely to be motivated at work.
Product managers and prioritization frameworks go hand-in-hand like rice and beans, peanut butter and jelly, or bread and butter. We could go on with the food metaphors, but we think you get our drift: prioritization is a top concern for PMs. Whether it’s feedback, requests, or new opportunities, the backlog is a repository for everything you could be doing. But the age-old question persists: What should we be doing?
