Automating small parts of your work can do wonders for your workflow. With this update, we’ve further tweaked automation options for you and finished a number of other tiny improvements to help you cut down on the clicks when managing your projects and finances. Here’s what’s updated in Scoro.

Atlassian’s flagship products include the mighty Jira – born as a tool designed to track the status and progress of issues and bugs in software development. But Jira has come a long way since its first release in 2002. Today, Jira can be deeply customised, and integrated with the whole Atlassian stack. It has evolved into an incredibly powerful tool – and not just for development.

Along with the Knowledgebase and Messenger, the Tickets and Tasks portals are available as new mobile-friendly web applications. The standard Customer Portal is also still available. These new Ticket/Task Portals allow customers to view, update, discuss, and log timesheets on submitted tickets/tasks. On desktop/laptops the Tickets/Tasks Portal are also available on the widget or can be accessed via a link like other customer applications.

Sprint cycle is a special term commonly used in software development to describe timeboxed iterations through which a team creates and delivers a specific piece of work. Sprint cycle can last between two to four weeks. These shorter timeboxed iterations make it easier for development teams to understand and break down larger, more complex projects into smaller, manageable pieces. On top of that, Sprint cycles facilitate the creation of high-quality products.

Whether you’re practicing scrum or kanban, it’s all about pulling a team together with a variety of tools to create a high-performance environment that maximizes productivity. Backlog grooming is part of that — and it’s a meaningful way to keep product development organized and running smoothly. Where scrum meetings are concerned, it means doing more than hosting a simple sprint planning meeting to develop a product roadmap.

​​Scoro, the leading work management software platform for agencies, consultancies and professional services firms has today announced winning in two categories at The Global Business Tech Awards. The firm was awarded Tech Company of the Year, as well as Scoro’s CEO and Founder, Fred Krieger, being named as Entrepreneur of the Year. The judges also awarded Scoro one of four silver medals on the night in the SaaS Company of the Year category.

It is crucial to have the proper tools in place to provide excellent customer service. Call Center Quality Assurance Software is one of those tools. This type of software helps businesses evaluate the performance of their customer service operations, in-house or outsourcing to call center companies. Call centers and customer service teams rely on quality assurance (QA) processes and procedures to improve customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

Successful projects require successful project planning and careful documentation. This is true in predictable environments like manufacturing, where a range of traditional project management practices dominates project planning. But what about creative environments? What does it look like to plan and document creative projects successfully?

There are many benefits to being an independent contractor, such as setting your own hours and working from home. However, it is important to understand the key differences between independent contractors and employees before you make the decision to become one or hire one. The Ultimate Independent Contractor vs Employee Checklist will help you with that. In this blog post, we will discuss the differences between an employee and an independent contractor in terms of payroll, taxes, and more.