Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

The Coronavirus pandemic ushered in a cultural change within the workplace, specifically regarding productivity. When a business adopts a culture of productivity, being productive becomes the driving force behind employees’ work ethic. But what happens when productivity culture becomes toxic? In this article, we’ll explore toxic productivity culture and its pitfalls. We’ll also cover what a healthy productivity culture looks like and its benefits.

This month we’re tweaking various aspects of time management in Scoro. From a more customizable Timesheet view and improved sync options with Google Calendar to a few smaller updates in between, we are tirelessly working on helping you plan, manage and log your time more efficiently with Scoro.

Your sales team is the lifeblood of your business. But keeping them working at maximum efficiency can be a tricky balancing act. In fact, 40% of companies missed their sales targets in 2020. So what is the secret sauce that keeps your business out of this statistic? It all comes down to efficiency and how well your sales team uses their time and resources to close deals. Your sales team needs to be as efficient as possible in today’s competitive global marketplace.

When it comes down to managing your workforce, there are multiple theories about project management to choose from. However, as you begin your research into which theory fits right for you and your business, you will probably see one particular word that shows up every now and then – Agile. Many companies are now talking about the need to be more agile. The pace of change is not only moving fast. Instead, it’s accelerating.

The organizational structure of a project is crucial in specifying the hierarchy of employees, their tasks, workflow, and reporting process. It is a business factor that plays a key role in influencing and shaping how the organization conducts its activities. Without a project organizational structure, organizations run the risk of crashing on complex and time-consuming projects. A project organizational structure has three key competencies and responsibilities.

Do you wish your agency was actually profitable but don't know where to start? We get it, agencies face many challenges and it can be hard to look past the numbers and instead focus on the smaller steps you can take to help your agency become more profitable. Agency owners know that they must continue to grow and improve because even if you were profitable last year, that doesn't guarantee the same for the future.

Before investing in any software tool for your business, you must explore various alternative options in the market. Having a look at different alternatives gives you an idea of whether investing in the tool is worth it or if there are better options available. This goes for all software solutions, including Formstack. Formstack is a well-known and reliable tool trusted by over 25,000 organizations, including startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Business goals are always fixed by the level of your ability to plan the marketing strategy. No matter how useful your product is, if you don’t have an effective product strategy it will eventually lead you to a filled warehouse and zero revenue. It is pointless to implement various strategies in today’s world and environment without first understanding their effects and advantages.

Product development teams, whether using Scrum or Kanban, require a range of tools to be productive. That is the goal of backlog grooming: to maintain product development systematized and seamless. Below, we dig deep into the strategy’s benefits and best practices, including how to execute successful backlog refinement meetings to guarantee a strong product team. Continue reading to improve team structure and meeting activities.

Project management is a tricky business. Even with abundant resources and a good team, executing a project without a sound and relevant workflow design is the perfect recipe for failure. In contrast, good and practical project management almost always pays off. It is a curious case as to what exactly makes a good and practical managing style excellent and valuable. Is it the team or perhaps the vision?