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5 Tech Stack Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)

When choosing tech, too many professional services firms fall into the same traps. They chase shiny new tools without clear goals, implement expensive platforms they barely use, or make decisions based on gut feelings. These approaches don’t get rid of business chaos—they just create more of it. Digital Transformers founder Ryan Pearcy sat down with us to discuss the biggest challenges he sees with tech stacks and how to address them. Here’s what you need to know.

Ops Quickie: What the heck is a PSA!?

New series alert: Ops Quickies — snackable episodes on tech, tools, and systems. We're kicking off with a big question wrapped in The Clunkiest Acronym: what the heck is a PSA... or professional services automation platform? Harv explains why the name’s a problem, what this kind of platform actually does, and why service businesses need to start paying attention. If you've got any questions about ops tech, PSAs, or Scoro, drop me a message on LinkedIn. I'd love to hear from you – and might even turn it into a mini episode.

Discover 3 Effective Methods for Creating a Project Plan in Scoro

In Scoro, there are three ways to create a project plan tailored to your needs. Join us in this video as we guide you through these three options, empowering you to streamline project planning in Scoro. Option 1: Convert quoted services into tasks. Easily transform your quote into a project and start tracking time against the outlined services. Option 2: Create a detailed project plan. Utilize the Gantt chart to break high-level deliverables into smaller tasks.

Board-Level Thinking, Sale-Ready Ops - with Sam Wood

Your ops might be ticking along just fine. But what if your founder got sick tomorrow? What if your top client left? What if you had to make a big decision with zero visibility on the numbers? You might not be planning to sell your agency – but you should run it like you are. Because when you adopt that mindset, you zoom out. You stop firefighting. You start building a business that runs without you.

Team Performance Report

Scoro’s real-time team performance report gathers different data points related to team members into a single view to help you easily compare them and assess how efficiently each team member’s time is being used. It can help you: Understand each person’s actual availability after factoring in time off See how each team member’s hours are booked, planned, and logged for client work Compare how the tracked hours align with the team and company-wide targets Identify issues like over-booking and over-servicing Optimize resource allocation and profitability, and many other ways.

July 2025 Version Update: Internal Project Type & Standardized Billable Time

This month, we’re introducing three interconnected updates to simplify billable time tracking in Scoro and lay a strong foundation for even better reporting in the future. A new internal project type that helps clearly separate client and internal work. Billable time is now standardized at the task level. And a refreshed project modify view that makes project creation faster and more intuitive.

7 Ways to Improve Operational Efficiency for Service Firms

Operational efficiency is the engine behind a profitable, scalable business. But as your consultancy, agency, or firm grows, staying efficient becomes harder. Why? Because issues like scope creep, manual workflows, and resource conflicts will also grow if left unaddressed. And they can quickly sink productivity and your profits. Here are our top tips to improve operational efficiency as you scale.

11 Architecture Firm KPIs You Need to Track

For successful architecture projects, amazing designs aren’t enough. You also need the right data to execute them. That’s a lesson Giovanni Scippo, Director at 3D Lines, learned firsthand: We started tracking KPIs more formally about four years ago, and it completely changed how we quote, schedule, and staff projects. Now, we have real data backing our decisions, which has helped reduce scope creep and last-minute firefighting.

Project Management for Architects: A Guide for New PMs

In architecture, project management is crucial. But that doesn’t mean you need a complicated strategy to deliver great work. To simplify the process, focus on your scope, schedule, and pricing. These factors are the key to keeping architecture projects within budget, delivering them on time, and meeting client expectations. Here’s how to approach these three elements and excel at project management for architects.

Retainer Racket: Why 'Easy Money' Is Killing Your Business

If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And that’s typically the reality of client retainers. Shiny, theoretical benefits like predictable income and long-term relationships keep you sold on their value. And blind to their downsides. But the fact remains: Without proper structure and management, retainers will bleed your business dry. In this article, we explain why. And what you can do to make sure your retainers are helping your business (not hurting it).