Managing Tasks, Projects, Issues, Documents and How About … Books?

: Published by Anne | Thursday, 23 May, 2013
It’s always great to know how many different and interesting use cases of Wrike implementation are there in your organizations. But could you imagine that Wrike might serve not only as your irreplaceable assistant in task and project management, but also as a librarian?

With a sizeable collection of books in the office, it may be rather difficult to keep them classified and track their availability. One of our customers, Tisso Naturprodukte, who has a large office library with the latest publications in biology and natural medicine, handled this challenge with Wrike’s help. Keeping the books’ statuses up-to-date has become way easier and more accurate. Here’s how exactly they made it happen: Read more...

Shout-Out for Astrid Users: Wrike is the New Home for Your Tasks

: Published by Nadia | Monday, 13 May, 2013
Should someone among your friends, family or colleagues use Astrid as their to-do app, you will want to let them know about our exciting update! Recently it was announced that Yahoo! is acquiring Astrid. However, Yahoo! has not revealed what their plans are for Astrid after its acquisition. We suggest that Astrid users ensure their productivity is safe and blooming no matter what :) In just a couple of clicks they can import their tasks from Astrid to Wrike and easily collaborate on them in our iPhone and Android apps. Read more...

: Published by Vera | Monday, 29 April, 2013
A typical day often includes an ongoing chain of small activities rather than one huge task. The more tasks there are, the trickier it might be to keep them all straight, so you need to organize them in such a way so that nothing gets forgotten. Wrike’s Timeline and Workload views are great helpers for this issue. Today, we are happy to announce a great improvement to these tools: a super detailed zoom that lets you schedule small tasks with pinpoint accuracy. Read more...

: Published by Anne | Monday, 08 April, 2013
According to a recent study on work habits, about one-third of the workers surveyed say they rely on a time management method in their daily work. “Getting things done,” better known as GTD, is probably the most popular. While following GTD principles with individual tasks is doable, integrating a personal system with team-managed projects can be a challenge. Wrike solves this problem by providing a single workspace for groups to collaborate on shared tasks, as well as organize and process them individually in the GTD style. Wrike user Ray Martin shares his experience and tips: Read more...

: Published by Nadia | Thursday, 04 April, 2013
Providing a detailed task description is crucial if you want to get the task done right. Real-time collaborative editing of text and tables lets your team work simultaneously, quickly and accurately. But what if some important changes were made to the task description while you were offline? Wrike’s new change-tracking feature leaves no room for guessing games. At any time, you can see exactly what was added, edited or removed by each of the contributors, be that a single word, a table cell, or even a whole paragraph and a massive table fragment. Read more...

: Published by Irene | Friday, 01 March, 2013
Even if you heavily rely on the principles of self-organizing teams while managing your projects, you still need a handy way to track project progress and report on results.

For all project managers, team leaders and Wrike fans, we’ve prepared an easy-to-digest manual with screenshots that gives you a quick overview of Wrike’s key reporting capabilities. You’ll learn how to create customized reports and save them on the dashboard for further use.
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: Published by Nadia | Thursday, 28 February, 2013
A project kickoff meeting is a lot like tuning a music band before an important gig: set the wrong pitch and even Chopsticks might turn into cacophony. The fact is, how you get started matters. In the case of a kickoff meeting, a couple of carelessly dropped phrases can discourage and mislead your team. To help you avoid a sloppy project start caused by wrong wording, we dug in, asked around and gathered a list of the top anti-favorites of all time. Check out why you need to put the following phrases on your blacklist: Read more...

: Published by Nadia | Tuesday, 26 February, 2013
Late night. The office building has long gone dark and quiet, yet the lights are on in one of the windows. Two figures are arguing over something in front of a computer screen. No, it’s not a secret lab. These guys just need to finish that very important and urgent “thing” for tomorrow. According to our recent survey with almost 2,000 respondents, 88% of men and 85% of women regularly overwork. But who feels more stressed about this matter? What are the other remarkable differences between men’s and women’s work styles? Read more...

: Published by Anne | Friday, 22 February, 2013
Numerous governmental organizations efficiently manage their projects in Wrike, and newcomers often ask us about the best practices of doing this. That’s why today we want to share with you the experience of the analysis and design department of the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education – NCEI – Application GD. The team looks for the best software solutions for department tasks and projects in a ministry that has more than 5 million students and around 500,000 employees, including teachers.

After they tried more than 20 different project management solutions, Wrike finally has enabled them to easily organize their collaboration within several departments, get more visibility into the work progress, and, finally, get everything done in time. Want to learn how?
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: Published by Nadia | Wednesday, 20 February, 2013
Can you imagine collaborating on your tasks and projects without regularly sharing and iterating on documents, images, spreadsheets and presentations? Neither can we! With plenty of options for attaching files to tasks (from your computer, Google Drive and Dropbox), we decided it’s high time to make document management in Wrike even handier. So starting today, you can enjoy the new look and feel of the file panel in Wrike tasks. Let’s see what we’ve improved. Read more...