Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Whether it's remote or back in the office, there's no reason why a company shouldn't have a proper employee onboarding checklist for its new hires in 2021. If you've ever experienced a poor onboarding experience, you understand why it's so critical to have your ducks in a row for every new employee. In fact, you're more likely to have experienced subpar onboarding than not. Research from Gallup found only 1 in 10 employees strongly believe they had a great onboarding experience at their organization.

When you’re in an agency, you have limited resources to play with: limited time, limited money, and limited human power. No matter how great your best people are, they probably still have basic needs they need to take care of, like sleeping, eating, and watching Netflix. These types of limitations are a challenge for any business. But that challenge is amplified for agencies.

Find yourself drowning in notifications or constantly jumping between meetings lately? Well, you’re not alone. In fact, only 7% of employees believe communication is “accurate, timely, and open” at work. Yikes. Given the rise of remote work, companies are struggling more than ever to communicate effectively. And while some teams feel like they’re totally in the dark, others are stuck staring at Slack channels or Zoom calls instead of actually working.

There's only one way to make sure a project pipeline exploding with tasks and deadlines can be handled successfully—and that’s with planning. That's why many successful project managers and agencies use resource management software to organize their workflows. These tools are designed for a specific purpose: to make sure your team has enough time to complete the tasks on their to-do lists.

With new technology and trendy platforms emerging all the time, it can feel impossible to know what services your marketing agency should offer. We all remember the Clubhouse hype at the beginning of 2021, right? But when was the last time you actually used the app? No one wants to position themselves as an expert in a channel or platform that won’t exist in six months. Still, there are thousands of marketing agencies out there, all offering the same thing.

Regardless of how big or small, determining project estimates for costs, resources, and time needed is really hard. The worst part is, it’s hard to know exactly how a project will pan out. Consider all of the unexpected hiccups that often happen like team members falling sick and budgets get slashed. Project estimates can’t just be pulled from the top of your head. They're complex because, well, your projects are often intricate too.

We’re delighted to bring you some exciting new updates from across the Teamwork Platform this month. From updated User Rates, multiple forms per project, dedicated Project Channels, and the new Events, we hope you love these new features just as much as we do!

It's time for a roundup of the features released during Q2 2021 here at Teamwork. We had another busy, yet exciting, quarter as our product teams got to work. In case you missed any updates, check out all of the Teamwork features released over the second quarter of our year to see how each could help your business. We hope you enjoyed the new features released this last quarter, and as always, we’d love to hear your feedback.

There’s no denying the key role project deliverables play in completing projects on time, on budget, and with minimal friction. They help set stakeholder expectations, instruct your team members, and provide you with a step-by-step action plan for achieving your project’s goals. When you consider their wide-reaching implications, it becomes clear that you can’t afford to coast by with only a surface-level understanding of these critical project elements.

We can all agree bugs are a problem. They affect your customers' experience with your software and pose a real threat to your profitability. Unaddressed, bugs make people stop using your products, uninstall your apps, and force customers to look at your competitors for solutions. That's why it’s vital that you have a reliable process for handling bugs in your software.