Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Does it take way too long for your organization to adopt an ECM system? You are not alone. Many organizations face humongous implementation projects with the added complication of data migration before they can actually realize real benefits from their ECM investment. Any software solution only brings value if end users embrace it and adapt it to their daily routines. And the users will be happy to adapt only when the solution is easy to learn and use.

The principles for delivering good customer service are simple. You need to be customer-focused, fast, and a true product expert. But how do you deliver great customer service and create the kind of customer experience people will rave about? Excellent customer service requires you to create seamless, intuitive, personalized, and consistent customer experiences each time.

Your day has just started. You scroll through Instagram and see that someone has baked banana bread. Again. You notice your laundry bag overflowing with pajamas of different colors. You put the thought away and log in to your team meeting. You turn on the video for your Zoom call. Right then, your pet decides to make an entry and sit right on your keypad. Your team hollers while you chase her away. Amidst various distractions, the meeting goes on. Soon, you get busy with your tasks for the day.

Earlier this month, Elastic announced that there would be upcoming changes to its open source licensing. These changes do not affect on-prem deployments of Elasticsearch. Since Mattermost Enterprise Edition uses Elasticsearch in its on-prem deployments, we felt it important to explore the reasoning behind Elastic’s decision, how the new license terms are different, and why there will be no impact on Mattermost users as a result of these changes.

Agencies are all about their clients and customers. Providing good service and support is the foundation of the experience of working with an agency. This puts pressure on the agencies to be on top of their work, no matter how many customers they have and how much work is being requested of them. At times, agency work can be chaotic, and so having some solid software and tooling can make a world of difference in terms of management.

Collaborating on a project means getting your entire team to work together to make sure it gets delivered. Sounds pretty simple, right? Not so fast—because it’s easier said than done. Project collaboration takes work. You need to get your team on the same page, and you must also make sure that everybody working on the project has the capacity, skillset, and tools to work together and deliver the project.

Although many of us are still in lockdown around the world, the first month of the year has passed by quickly in Teamwork as we've been focused on delivering valuable features across our platform.

Future Forum releases Q4 results of remote employee experience index data