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Understanding cost overrun + prevention techniques

Does it ever feel like there’s just too much project and not enough budget? (Does it ever not feel that way?) It’s not just you — only 34% of businesses report completing projects on budget half the time or better. In other words, most businesses (66% of them) go over budget on more than half the projects they complete. Project managers are constantly concerned with project planning, timelines, forecasting, and even risk management.

ActivTrak vs. Teramind - Which is Best in 2024?

ActivTrak and Teramind are employee monitoring tools that offer workforce analytics, time tracking, and keystroke logging features. But only Teramind offers comprehensive user activity monitoring, user behavior analytics, insider threat detection, data loss prevention (DLP), business process optimization (BPO), and more. The main differences between these solutions are that: This teardown will look at each provider’s available functionality, pricing, user experience, user reviews, and more.

Questions to Ask When Interviewing Jira Contractors

For organisations using Atlassian’s Jira project management tool, enlisting expert Jira contractors is often essential for maximising productivity and return on investment. Any tool under the Atlassian umbrella can benefit by having the input and expertise of a specialist in tow, but integrating Jira across an organisation is easier said than done.

The Benefits of Self-Care and Why Companies Should Take Notice

As businesses continue to grow, they need to consider the importance of self-care. Self-care is a term that covers a wide range of activities that promote your health and well-being. These activities can include relaxation techniques, healthy eating habits, getting enough sleep, and taking time for yourself. We’ll discuss the importance of self-care and how it affects business success. We’ll also outline self-care benefits for businesses and discuss how companies can achieve these benefits.

Is cybersecurity a bigger concern for remote employees?

There has never been a more noticeable movement toward remote and hybrid work arrangements in the quickly changing work environment of today. According to a LinkedIn survey, a startling 45% of employment positions published in the UK in August 2023 were for hybrid roles. This shift has sparked conversations about operational effectiveness and productivity, but cybersecurity in a distributed office environment is an equally important issue that has to be addressed.

Understanding the basics of labor efficiency ratio: A guide for businesses

Maximizing efficiency isn’t just a choice in today’s tough business world; it’s a must. The labor efficiency ratio (LER) is one of the most useful tools for companies that want to get the most out of their employees’ work. This piece goes into detail about what LER is, how it’s calculated, the many benefits it provides, real-life examples of its use, and useful ways to improve it.

The role of technology in enhancing labor efficiency ratios

The search for greater labor efficiency never ends in the fast-paced commercial world of today. This goal is made possible by the ever-changing role of technology in the workplace, which presents previously unheard-of chances to boost output and optimize processes. The article looks at the complicated connection between technological progress and labor efficiency ratios. It uses questions, answers, and examples from real life to show how technology can change things.

How to integrate Aircall and Zendesk data

If you’re a Customer Support Manager using Aircall and Zendesk together, the chances are you need to regularly access data from both platforms. You need call metrics and ticketing metrics to monitor the performance of your team and manage workflows. But also, and probably most importantly, you need your team to see this data. Sharing individual performance motivates them and helps to encourage friendly competition. So can you access both in one place?

Enhance your Aircall call center dashboards with these 5 other data sources

If you’re a manager using Aircall to power your call center operation, you’ll be no stranger to data. Between Aircall’s own live view of the queue, call Analytics and Analytics+ , there are a whole host of ways to analyse the performance of your sales or support team natively in Aircall. But chances are Aircall data isn't the only data you might need to monitor day-to-day.

Process Mining is Transforming Business Operations - Here's How Your Business Can Benefit

Explore the impact of process mining on workflow dynamics and operational efficiency. Learn how the data science technique uncovers workflow mysteries and empowers businesses to make data-driven improvements.