GTD – or Getting Things Done – is a productivity system developed by David Allen that has been around since the early 2000s. It’s designed to help you reduce stress and increase productivity levels by breaking down tasks into manageable steps and taking action on them. One of the most popular components of GTD is the flowchart.
Here at Teamwork, we love helping organizations improve their approach to projects. When businesses systematize and automate as many project elements as possible, organizations can use our tools to do more, faster, better. But what happens when the problem isn’t the organization of the project but something about the business processes and workflows an organization uses to execute the project? Project management gives us a few tools to identify problems like these on the project level.
Paid time off (PTO) is an important part of any employee’s compensation and benefits package. But, for many employees—especially new hires—it can be confusing to figure out exactly how it works. Do you have to track hours? How do you use your PTO? What happens when you don’t use all of it? In this blog post, we’ll answer these questions and share a few tips on how to effectively plan your PTO.
If all you ever do is chase, you’ll run out steam and collapse. Any business that is reliant on cold outreach isn’t one that’ll last long. Why? Because you’ll always have to hunt for new clients. And if you want that client roster to grow (or need to replace clients that you fired), your outreach machine must be humming 24/7. It can be done, sure. But wouldn’t it be nice to turn clients away instead of chasing them down?
Creating an effective project plan is essential for any business or endeavor. It lays out the various tasks needed to ensure your venture is a success, as well as provides a way to track progress and measure results. Having an effective project plan can help you stay organized and on task, while also giving you a way to share your plans with colleagues or stakeholders. Here are 6 examples of highly effective project plans that you can use to guide your next venture.
Traditionally, we consider IT to be managing and monitoring on-premises network infrastructure, including hardware and software. However, the reality is that most enterprises have accepted and migrated much of their infrastructure to the cloud already. They recognize the benefits of the cloud and that it is here for the long haul. According to the latest study from Deloitte, 90% of organizations have been using cloud services for the last three years, and 79% are hosting workloads with multiple cloud providers. In addition, adopting cloud computing platforms has accelerated significantly in the remote work era.
Need to create a new client website? We’ve got your back! First up, you’re going to want to check out our website project template. This template is designed specifically for website projects — and as such, it’s laid out to take you and your team through each step of the process. You can take a look at it here. Now that you have your project arranged, how do you go about actually developing your client’s website?
As shoppers trend towards becoming true omnichannel consumers, they’re opening both their real and virtual wallets. Consumers who blur the line between IRL and online shopping spend 70% more often – and about 34% more than people who shop exclusively in-store, according to McKinsey.
