Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

How to build a project timeline in Excel (and when to move beyond it)

I've built more Excel timelines than I care to admit. They always started the same way: a clean spreadsheet, a few task rows, some color-coded cells, and the quiet confidence that this one would actually stay up to date. It never did. This guide walks you through exactly how to build a project timeline in Excel, covering three methods from detailed Gantt charts to quick milestone visuals. I'll also share the signals I've learned to watch for that tell you it's time to move beyond spreadsheets altogether.

How to summarize project progress (without wasting half your Friday)

I used to dread Friday afternoons. Not because of the work itself, but because of the hour I'd lose pulling data from three different spreadsheets, a time-tracking app, and a chain of Slack threads just to answer one question: "How's the project going?" If that sounds familiar, this guide is for you.

What Are the Pros and Cons of Employee Monitoring?

When your workforce is a mix of in-office and remote workers, visibility is everything. But where do you draw the line? Striking the balance between company data protection and team trust is one of the biggest challenges that leaders face. That’s why it’s essential to understand the pros and cons of workplace monitoring before rolling out your strategy.

What's New: What we launched in May 2026

AI made every individual on your team faster. Now, it’s time for your whole team to move at that pace — and make sure you’re all heading in the same direction. At Canvas 26, we announced new ways to keep your tools, context, and team connected as you build the right things, faster and together. In case you missed it, you can watch the full Canvas 26 keynote on demand to see how teams can tap into collaborative AI to amplify their impact. TL;DW?

5 resource planning templates every project manager needs in 2026

I've watched resource planning go wrong many times in my career. Someone builds a spreadsheet, it works for a month, and then nobody updates it because it takes 45 minutes to figure out who changed what. Meanwhile, two people get double-booked, a senior designer burns out, and the client gets a bill nobody can explain. The fix isn't more discipline. It's better structure.

What's new in Teamwork.com | May 2026

May was packed with updates designed to reduce friction across every stage of client work. From a completely redesigned AI Project Wizard that can build fully structured projects from briefs and documents, to the new Teamwork.com MCP server connection for ChatGPT that brings natural-language project management into your AI workflows, this month’s releases are all about practical automation that saves real time.

Simpplr extends AI leadership in intranet software with the launch of AI Control Center

Simpplr has spent years building AI into the intranet. Search, smart answers, and content creation are among the many ways AI is woven into how employees work inside the platform. Now, we’re giving IT the governance layer to match.