Time is Money: How Planning Can Drive Top Line Revenues In Professional Service Companies

The element of effective project management is proactive resource organization. A good resource strategy is a well-balanced blend of process, innovation, and automation. This allows professional service firms to work more efficiently by assigning the right people, time, and tools to a project and ensuring high-impact projects can succeed. According to PMI’s Pulse of the Profession […]

Major upgrade to better assist you in optimizing your project resources planning

After completely redesigning Teambook, using brand new technologies, we are proud to have launched a faster, smoother and smarter tool that will help you to plan your team’s work!  Don’t worry, the previous Teambook’s features are all there, but we’ve added quite some nice ones: Planner board: intuitive color and frame helps you to visualize […]

Per-project VS Per-user pricing. Why you should pick the first.

Efficient agencies use Saas-based team planning service to assign their resources/consultants on the many different projects running in parallel.  A typical app contains a visual planner board to smartly assist the project manager officer or planning teams to allocate their staff on the projects. Plus, it provides tools to automatically sync the consultants’ calendar so […]

Remote working teams… Teambook can assist you!

In these turbulent & hectic times, quite some companies have to drastically reorganize themselves … and the working habits of their workforce! Remote working is the new word and it seems that we will have to get used to it. While working from home certainly brings some advantages (remember the long hours commuting?), it does […]

Update: Time-off & Custom Schedule

In the last update, we brought you new display options and a better integration with your calendar. This time, we are happy to introduce you 2 new features that should come very handy to many Teambook planners! Time-off Management How to deal with time-off (maternity leave, sick leave, holidays,…) on Teambook was unclear to many […]

Update: New display options & bookings duration on calendar

Teambook keeps getting better! These last few months, we’ve been working on refreshing the design, but we’ve also been listening to our users’ feedback. You’ll be happy to know that our team has quite an exciting roadmap ahead! The first updates that we would like to introduce you have been there for more than a […]

How to calculate resource utilization ?

Objectives. These can be a nightmare for project managers.  But they don’t have to be, as long as key performance metrics are being monitored and optimized.  Resource utilization is one of these KPI’s, perhaps the most important one. And it’s time to show that metric some love.  In this post, we’ll dig into the different […]

The Key to Employee Retention for Professional Services

Employee Attrition Is On the Rise Are you familiar with the employee attrition definition? If you do, skip the following frame. Employee attrition refers to the employees that “voluntary” leave their jobs (moving, retirement, family focus…) and are not immediately replaced. Thereby, employee attrition reduces the workforce of an organization. This concept differs from employee […]

Reduce Stress in the Workplace with Resource Scheduling

A Quick Word on Stress Let’s be clear, stress doesn’t have to be a bad thing. There is good and bad stress. Control is the key. Actually, a little bit of stress is good for you. Stress is considered a good stress when it gives you a boost of energy, helps you to focus on […]

Capacity Planning & Resource Management – The Key to Efficient Organizations?

Let’s start this article with a riddle: What is the most valuable asset of a company? People What is often forgotten in project management? People There is one point most organizations agree on: People, the resources, are the most valuable asset of a company. They attract customers, they come with business developing ideas, they get […]