A good project budget template is a crucial component to ensuring you maintain control of costs throughout the life of a project. But how do you go about creating a budget for your next project? What…
Whether you’re a project manager in an agency, a consultancy, or you just want to make sure your organization’s projects are planned efficiently, you can use our simple project plan template for Excel to quickly lay…
As a remote team, Slack, the messaging app, is a key part of our daily life here at Resource Guru. As our central communications hub we use Slack to discuss work, share photos, and keep track…
We’ve been hard at work building a powerful integration with Zapier and are excited to announce the launch of our private beta testing programme, the final stage before we make it available to all of our…
No matter how experienced you are, handling any project is a challenge. When you’re responsible for ensuring the objective is met and the end result is delivered, it’s exciting and maybe even a little scary. But,…
Following a two week vacation in August, I returned to find a colleague’s message thanking me for my “amazing handover notes.” But I’ll be honest – my project handover notes haven’t always received such a warm…
Important changes to our pricing are on the way, so now is the perfect time to act and ensure you’re locked into the best possible deal going forward. If you’re thinking of using Resource Guru for…
We’ve had our heads down on one of the most eagerly anticipated scheduling features from Resource Guru in a while—“Time Off” management. And it gets better. We’re also bringing you more flexible availability settings and “Overtime”…
Project fatigue, disillusionment, apathy, procrastination—whatever the reason behind it, dips and drops in your team’s motivation can be gut-wrenching with deadlines looming ahead. Fluctuations can and do happen during projects, but the catalysts are easy to…
Endless emails, emergency meetings, project plans, client kickoffs—deadlines and daily responsibilities can pull us into a storm of stress. It doesn’t matter what job title you hold; pressure and tension affect work performance and our ability to…
Managing projects and staff requires a talent for balancing whatever comes across your desk—meaning you benefit from being centered, too! Whatever your role or job title, picking up new ways to minimize stress and become the most confident and happy version…
Starting a new project can be both an exciting and daunting prospect. It might feel like you’re drowning in a sea of documentation one minute, then the next you’re encountering project drought in a wasteland of…
Good project managers secretly thrive off annoyances. That may be a head scratcher, but handle your frustrations a certain way, and they can be turned into victories. In the midst of myriad issues, PMs are required…
In a previous post, Andrew explained how you can use the power of Resource Guru’s webhooks in combination with Zapier to create your own DIY integration between Resource Guru and Slack. Now, I am going to…
12th March 2015 update: we just improved webhooks to make this integration even better Resource Guru’s webhooks just got a shiny new interface and became a whole lot easier to use. This gives us a great…
