Tag Your Tasks Created Via Email in a More Natural Way
When you create a task in Wrike via e-mail, you use tags to set the task due date and put the task in to the right folder. Now, there are more tags at your disposal: • To set the task’s due date, type it in the "by MM/DD" format at the end of the e-mail subject. Or, “by MM/DD” if you set another date format in your account. If the year is not specified in your email, the task will be scheduled for the current year. When you need to schedule a task for another year, you can explicitly specify it in the subject in the following format: “by MM/DD/YY” or “by MM/DD/YYYY” or in the international format, if you set it in your account (“by DD/MM/YY” or “by DD/MM/YYYY”). • To set the task’s start and due dates, type them in the “by MM/DD-MM/DD” format at the end of the e-mail subject. Or, “by MM/DD-MM/DD” if you set another date format in your account. Based on the start date and due date, Wrike automatically calculates the task's duration. • To put the task in to the right folder, separate the folder name from the task name with a double-colon. If you want to put the task in many folders, you can separate their names by commas or by a double-colon. As previously, you can use square brackets for the task’s due date and folder names.
Redesigned File Panel: Document Management Made Even Handier
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.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. While redesigning the file panel, one of the top priorities we had in mind was making it more compact, yet more visual: 1) Now, even if there are dozens of files attached to a task, they don’t push recent discussions out of the screen. You can see just the latest attachments, while the rest of the list is collapsed. And if you need to focus on files, simply click on the “more” button to the right of the attachment list. 2) In the expanded view of the file panel, all images have previews, so it’s much easier to spot the one you need. By hovering over a file, you can see its previous versions and attach a new one. Just like before, you can see who is editing a file (if this is an MS Office or OpenOffice document) and, therefore, avoid version conflicts. Check out the redesigned task attachments panel and share your experience with us!
New Option: View Tasks From Subfolders
From now on, you can also work on tasks from a particular folder and its subfolders as well. To do so, you simply click on the "Show descendant tasks" option. Then, as usual, you can apply filters to tasks by priority, title, responsible party, status and date.
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Microsoft and Wrike Integrate to Enhance Team Productivity
Today, we're happy to announce Wrike's new integrations with Microsoft as part of our mission to provide our users with easy collaboration, increased time-savings, and visibility into work. Microsoft provides customers a platform to create and publish a wide spectrum of content — from spreadsheets to documents and everything in between. Wrike provides users a system for organizing work — from individual tasks to discussions and deadlines. Together, Microsoft and Wrike enhance your creativity and productivity, providing a collaborative experience that is seamless. In the first phase, Wrike users now have the ability to upload their documents and presentations into Wrike using the Add-in for Office 365 right from within Word and PowerPoint. You no longer need to switch windows/tabs and search for your files. Simply add your files to Wrike right from the favorite Office apps you use everyday. In addition to Wrike’s Add-in for Office 365, the second phase of the integration supports any files stored in OneDrive for Business. The Microsoft integration will allow you to easily attach your business files directly to Wrike tasks and gives you access to the most up-to-date version from one central location. Check out this feature in Wrike Labs! The final phase enables Enterprise users to integrate their Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Office 365 account to log into Wrike and interact with tasks directly via Single Sign-On. Azure Active Directory is the world’s largest access and identity management solution. Wrike’s integration with Azure AD allows IT administrators to easily perform access and identity management tasks to secure company data and documents stored within Wrike. Wrike’s Integrations with Microsoft are available for all Wrike subscriptions. Ready to give them a try? Download them here: Add-in for Office 365 Active Directory & SSO If you’re not a Wrike user yet, begin a Free Trial. More great integrations are coming soon, so stayed tuned. Subscribe to our blog to stay up-to-date with all the latest product news.
Build Even More Accurate Plans with Task Date Constraints on Wrike's Timeline
This week, we released an important update to Wrike’s Dynamic Timeline™ – task date constraints. This feature is familiar to those of you who switched to Wrike project management software from Microsoft Project. In this post, we’ll tell you about this new functionality and how you and your peers can benefit from using it. From time to time, we all have to deal with tasks that are closely connected to each other in the project workflow. In such cases, a project management tool with dynamic timeline allows you to quickly build a precise plan, considering the connection between tasks and the contingency time. Wrike lets you connect tasks with dependencies within one project, as well as set cross-project dependencies. Now, with the release of constraints on the timeline, the dependent tasks can have a time lag between them, so that you can build even more accurate project schedules! Let’s simplify this real business scenario to an exemplary situation, where only two tasks are involved. Say you plan to interview one of your most loyal customers and publish a success story on your website. First, you need to prepare the list of questions. Only after the questions are ready can you proceed to the interview. However, you find out that your customer is going on a 3-day business trip and can’t have the interview on the day you initially planned. You need to reflect this delay in the project schedule. In this case, you can connect these two tasks on the timeline, considering the date constraints. Here’s how: point the cursor over the top right-hand corner of the task bar for “Prepare questions.” A small triangle appears. Click on the triangle and drag the line to the dependent task, called “Interview the customer.” This way, you can create a strict dependency. Then drag the dependent task on the timeline to the proper start date to create a task date constraint, as shown in the screenshot below. Here’s an example of a Gantt chart with dependencies: Task date constraints on Wrike’s timeline will help you build an accurate project plan that’s shared with your peers. If we look at it on a wider scale, this will keep your project workflow perfectly organized in a multitasking environment and help your team avoid any slips in the schedule.
Announcing Video Proofing, Advanced Markup, and Extension for Adobe<sup>®</sup> Premiere
Now, you can use the Wrike Proofing & Approval Add-on to review and approve all of your video assets, use more advanced markup tools, and seamlessly connect your video editors to your workflow using our Adobe Creative Cloud Extension for Adobe Premiere. The P&A Add-on is included with Wrike for Marketers or available as an add-on feature to Pro, Business and Enterprise accounts.
Wrike on BlackBerry: Your Projects in Your Pocket
The compact dashboard in Wrike’s BlackBerry app gives you a short summary of your most important tasks. Using the “Favorite folders” button, you can access your priority projects and make the necessary changes to them within seconds: create a new task and assign it to a certain team member, reschedule, reassign or complete a task, post a comment to a task, view the attachments. Now, with Wrike’s BlackBerry app, you can literally keep your project data in your pocket! With instant access to your project data though your smartphones, you and your peers don’t have any barriers to collaboration when you’re out of the office. You can collaborate on your projects wherever you are – waiting for your flight in an airport lounge, driving in a taxi to a meeting or having a quick meal in a café. Would you like to get Wrike’s app for your BlackBerry FOR FREE? You can download it from BlackBerry App World right away! If you have any questions or some feedback to share, don’t hesitate to contact our Support team or leave a comment to this post.
Wrike's Success Story to Be Showcased at Web 2.0 Expo!
Andrew’s proposal has been picked by the tough committee out of hundreds other competing proposals submitted by experienced business, marketing and technical professionals. So the visitors to the biggest conference and trade show that highlights the latest Web 2.0 business models, products and strategies will a get a chance to hear the first-person perspective of Wrike’s success story. In Wrike project management software, the modern Web 2.0 technologies were brought together in a powerful mix with email, the most ubiquitous communication and collaboration tool. As a result, Wrike’s team has created a social project management solution that helps thousands of big and small project teams boost their efficiency. Andrew will share his experience and discuss how mixing brand-new and well familiar technologies allowed us to develop a really helpful app that you and your peers use with true comfort. Andrew will present his speech at Moscone West, San Francisco, on March, 29. See you at Web 2.0 Expo!
Wrike's Gantt Chart Goes Mobile! The Beta Version is Already in Your iPhone and Android Apps
Have you already checked out the latest version of Wrike’s app on your smartphone? If not, then it’s high time to have a look at it ;-) There is an awesome, must-see update: the dynamic mobile Gantt chart is now available in beta. Have you already checked out the latest version of Wrike’s app on your smartphone? If not, then it’s high time to have a look at it ;-) There is an awesome, must-see update: the dynamic mobile Gantt chart is now available in beta. The new mobile Gantt chart enables you to quickly browse your project plans on the go and… adjust the plans with a tap! Just like in the web version, you can drag task bars to reschedule the tasks.Don’t waste a second and give it a try now! In case you don’t have Wrike's app on your smartphone yet, install it from the App Store or Google Play right now. It’s free for all Wrike users. P.S. By the way, now you can also set when you’d like to receive push notifications on your smartphone from Wrike’s app (go to Settings->Preferences->Notifications).
Wrike as Event Management Software
Wrike can help you manage events very successfully. You are welcome to view a demo in which our users, Darren and Lisa, tell you how easily they manage call for papers, organize their teams, control contractors and communicate with sponsors. They replaced heavy spreadsheets by Wriks’ easy-to-access online database. View a demo: How Wrike Helps a Conference Manager to Run Events Successfully
Enjoy Powerful, Integrated File Sharing With Microsoft SharePoint and Wrike
The key to success moving forward is choosing digital collaboration solutions that integrate with your organization’s most essential tools. With SharePoint and Wrike, you can enjoy effective file sharing and collaboration.
Wrike Goes Tablet with the Release of iPad App
We’re dedicated to making your project management and collaboration in Wrike as comfortable as possible, and we’re taking another major step to achieve that. We’re happy to announce the news that many of you were looking forward to. Wrike’s FREE project management app for iPad is available on iTunes now! So, if you rely on Apple gadgets in your business, this might be a very special update for you. The interface of Wrike’s native iPad app is neatly adjusted for your favorite tablet. You can view, create and edit tasks as easily as you do using Wrike on your PC or Mac. Whenever a change occurs in your project plans and priorities, you can make the necessary edits to your plans with just a few taps in the fast and friendly interface of the app. For instance, your client calls you and says he needs some documents a.s.a.p., not next week as planned. Even though you’re in a café at this moment, you can adjust your schedule in Wrike and communicate the changes to your peers right way. With Wrike project management software on iPad, it will take seconds. You can simultaneously reschedule several tasks for today! So, before you even get back to your office, the team is working on the assignment. Download Wrike’s iPad app on iTunes now to always stay on track and save time managing your projects anywhere you are! We’ll be glad to know your impressions, so if you have any feedback, comment on this post.
Build Extended Reports in Wrike
It has become possible, thanks to the new field that allows you to specify the date filtering criteria. Now you can filter tasks not only by the due date, but also by the creation date, start date, completion date and the date when last changes have been made. Remember that you can combine such sorting criteria as dates, responsible party, task status and priority to get clear visibility of a particular part of your plans. In other words, you can create a report that tells you what high-importance tasks John Smith has completed by today, tomorrow or any other date. Or what tasks Mary Brown has completed since the beginning of the week. Or what tasks created by you start on the next Monday. Your partial reports can be created in each folder, as well as overall reports across all your projects can be created in the special “Reports” area. The “Reports” area has one more advantage: you can select tasks by the author. Now it’s your turn to benefit from Wrike’s easy-to-customize reports and evaluate your organizational productivity. There is always room for improvement in successful businesses. Very likely, you will be pleased with the opportunities for growth of your team's overall performance.
Wrike's iPhone App Available on iTunes!
“I love Wrike’s iPhone app! It has a clean and logical user interface. I really like the favorites folder feature, since I have hundreds of folders!” This is what John Burry, an independent mobile consultant and a user of Wrike project management software, told us about Wrike’s iPhone app after he tried it in action. John, thank you for your kind words! Want to see what made John so happy? You’ve been waiting for this to happen, and the day has come – Wrike’s iPhone app is now available on iTunes! You can get it right now FOR FREE and run the app on your iPhone or iPod touch with iOS of version 3.1.2 and higher. Get the project management app now and collaborate on your projects in a train, an exhibition hall or even your car, stuck in traffic jam, as efficiently as you do when you use Wrike in the office!
UK Survey says: Older Workers Less Stressed Than Millennials (Infographic)
Digging deeper into the data from the Wrike Digital Work Report 2016, we found something unexpected: the suggestion that with age not only comes wisdom, but also — potentially — greater resilience to the stress of extra work demands while maintaining higher levels of productivity.
Welcome Wrike's Native Apps for iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry!
You’ve already had a quick spy preview of Wrike’s native apps for your favorite mobile devices – iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry. Now we’re happy to reveal the apps in full glory – smart, pretty and FREE! The apps enable you to stay on top of your projects, regardless of your location. When you have access to your tasks while you’re on the move, you are able to quickly respond to the changes that arise in your schedule. Using Wrike on your iPhone, iPad or BlackBerry, you can create and delegate new assignments, manage them, easily adjust your schedule and discuss issues with your colleagues. All of this in a fast and handy interface, so you just need a couple of taps to access all the necessary project data. Today, Wrike’s project management apps for iPhone and iPad are already available for FREE download on iTunes. Wrike’s BlackBerry app will appear at BlackBerry App World shortly. Meanwhile, you can download it from our Web site by following these links from your device: OS versions 4.5-4.7, OS versions 4.7 and higher.
Version Tracking for Files
We have improved the file-sharing system in Wrike, so you can now track versions of files attached to tasks and project folders. As you know, Wrike project management software lets you attach any kind of files to tasks and folders, so that everyone on the team knows the latest version of specifications, agreements, brochures, logos, etc. When you work on a document together with your peers, each participant can contribute by uploading a new version. To make version-tracking for files more convenient for you, we moved files to a special tab in the task and folder details. “Files” tab Now, when you click on the “Edit task” or “Edit folder” link, you see the new “Files” tab. The number in the tab name shows you how many files are attached to the task/folder. Different versions of the same file are not counted separately. In the “Files” tab you can attach new files (1), upload new versions of files (2) and download files by clicking on the file name (3). The newest version of a file is typed in larger font and placed at the top of the list of files (4). Previous versions are listed below with the information about who and when uploaded the file. Uploading a new file version To upload a new version of a file, click on the “Upload a new version” link near the appropriate file (5) and select a file to upload as a new version. You can also add a file description when necessary. Then hit the “Upload file” button. When you upload a new version, Wrike automatically renames the file to follow the original file’s name to avoid any confusion.
GetApp & FinancesOnline Rank Wrike as the Best Project Management Software
Every quarter, software review and comparison site GetApp ranks the top cloud-based applications in various categories. The rankings are based on user reviews, integrations, mobile apps, media presence, and security. We’re happy to share that Wrike ranked #1 in four different categories: Project Management Project Collaboration Project Portfolio Management Task Management Click the links above to see the complete listings. To GetApp and everyone who has reviewed Wrike, thanks for the love! In addition to topping the GetApp rankings, Wrike is honored to have been awarded Best Project Management Software for the second year in a row by FinancesOnline. The B2B and SaaS product review site awarded Wrike a 9.8 out of 10 for excellent customer satisfaction, flexibility, and reliability. Wrike also received the site’s Supreme Software and Expert’s Choice Awards for 2016. We're ecstatic that our work in introducing what is software professional services to so many is being recognised. Read the full review on FinancesOnline. Lastly, high user ratings on TrustRadius resulted in Wrike receiving a 2016 Top Rated badge in the Project Management category. In addition, Wrike was recognized as a Leader in Project Management and High-Performer in Social Collaboration by G2Crowd, and received a "Users Love Wrike" badge. We’re so grateful to our users for sharing their positive experiences with Wrike. Thank you for a great 2015, and here's to 2016 and beyond!
Andrew Filev on Hiring and Startup Leadership: The New York Times Interview
You hear it from every startup founder: the secret to success is in hiring the right people. People who can be creative with day-to-day challenges. People who work well with others. People who aren’t afraid to roll their sleeves up and get things done, no matter what that may entail. Just this Saturday, The New York Times' Adam Bryant ran an in-depth interview with our CEO, Andrew Filev regarding his background, his motivations, how he manages his teams, and especially how he hires. A few notable excerpts: On hiring and recruiters: "Hiring is one of the biggest parts of a CEO’s job — and it’s true for every executive. I tell my team: 'Your job is to build the best team. The recruiter is there to help and support you, but it’s your responsibility, and you own it.’" On how he evaluates job candidates: "I’ve learned to test people in action. So you give them some sort of task to see how they think about things." On his management style: “We check our egos at the door. It’s about, 'This is the best decision for the company, and here’s why.' I need to always have that explanation in my head, and I require that from everybody in the company, no matter how young or experienced they are." Read the complete interview over at The New York Times.
Energize Your Project Management in Wrike with Google Wave
Are You Ready to Wave with Wrike? Whether you already using Google Wave, or just thinking of giving it a try, we’ve got fabulous news for you! Starting on February 3, you’ll be able to boost your project management productivity in Wrike by adding Google Wave collaboration feature set to your project management tool. Wrike is the first project management software that allows you to manage your projects directly from Google’s communication platform. Wrike’s Google Wave integration will allow you to seamlessly turn your waves into tasks, set due dates, update your project schedule and add your Wave discussions as comments to tasks in Wrike! This instant collaboration combination is a breakthrough in the project management space and an outstanding achievement in team productivity. Give it a try, and you’ll see why. To start managing your projects in Wrike from Google Wave is as easy as 1,2,3. Just add a new contact, [email protected], to your Wave (1). Then create a new wave and add Wrike to it (2). This new wave will be your Wrike task. Immediately, Wrike will respond with a request to connect your Wave account to your Wrike account. (That will appear in a separate wave) (3). Once you follow the link, Wrike will recognize you and create your task in your workspace. To share your new task with your team members, add them to the same wave. Those who have already been registered in Wrike will be recognized by the system. All the comments (or “blips” in Google Wave’s terminology) that you and your colleagues add to your task wave will be automatically turned into comments in the task discussion in Wrike. All the changes you make to the main wave content will be added to the task description, as well. The next time you discuss a project-related task with your team members in Google Wave, simply add Wrike ([email protected]) to your wave, and let your project management software keep track of all the changes. Moreover, you can set due dates for your tasks, place them in the right folders and update your project schedule directly from the Wave. When you create a new task, you can use the wave titles just like e-mail subjects to place your task into the appropriate folder and set the correct due date. For example, if you need to create a task called “update our Web site” in the “ourwebsite.com” folder, and if you want to set the due date to February 18, you simply need to put ourwebsite.com :: update our Web site by 02/18 in the wave title, and don’t forget to add Wrike to your newly created wave. Wrike will recognize the familiar subject, place your task right where you want it to be and set the due date. Your timeline in Wrike will be updated automatically. It’s a significant productivity advantage that you and your whole team will benefit from when using Wrike with Google Wave. Note: At the moment, Google Wave API has a number of limitations that restrict Wrike’s integration functionalities. Hardworking Google developers promise to get rid of these limitations soon. Update: Google has released the updated API and now all the limitations are eliminated. Updates in Wrike's functionality are coming soon. Stay tuned!
Wrike’s iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry Apps Spy Shots
The apps are almost ready! We’re putting our final touch on them. So what should you expect from Wrike’s iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry versions? The answer is: huge time savings, a personal productivity boost and 24/7, easy access to your project data from your favorite device. Meanwhile, you can enjoy this “spy” preview of Wrike’s long-expected mobile apps. All the juicy details are coming very soon!