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Many people talk about project management and resource management software interchangeably. But while there are crossovers in functionality, resource management tools focus on allocating the human resources required for project success, as opposed to purely handling…
Written by Stuart McLachlan
As the year winds down, Resource Guru keeps getting better. Our latest updates include a new option to extend availability, calendar decluttering, time zone tweaks and more.
Written by Andrew Rogoff
The FTE vs. headcount dilemma can get people scratching, well, their heads. But in project management planning, people are your most valuable resource and you should treat them as such. Sure, you need enough workers to…
Written by Jo Johansson
Team burnout is more present than ever. A terrifying 68% of tech workers feel more burned out in a remote setting than they did in an office. And who can blame them? The “always-on” culture eats…
Written by Jo Johansson
Let’s face it. Job interviews can be stressful. But it’s natural to feel anxious before a job interview—most of us do (a whopping 93% of us in fact). But those nerves aren’t all bad. It shows…
Written by Jo Johansson
It’s hard to get remote work right. But remote project management is even more challenging as team leads need to ensure everyone’s aligned and responsibilities are clear – often across multiple projects and timezones. Remote work…
Written by Jo Johansson
Project manager or not, chances are you’ve heard the phrase, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” But even if you fully understand the need to track project data, it can still be tough to determine…
Written by Jo Johansson
Nothing sinks a remote project team faster than micromanagement. It sends the message that you don’t trust your remote team to do their jobs. In fact, an HBR study found that 34% of employees said that their…
Written by Jo Johansson
Nobody likes a creep. And if you ask any seasoned project manager, the worst kind of creep comes in the form of scope creep. It’s the last thing they’d want to encounter in a dark alley late…
Written by Jo Johansson
We've made some exciting improvements to the Schedule experience including a Go To Me button and an external calendar toggle. ⚡
Written by Andrew Rogoff
The constant business hype surrounding Agile workflows can feel a bit like a buzzy food trend on your feed (avocado toast or matcha lattes, anyone?). You get that people love it, but you may not fully…
Written by Jo Johansson
A project handover should be simple, right? You reassign a project, and it becomes someone else’s responsibility. In reality, a project handover is more like a game of dominos—one shaky piece and the entire project will…
Written by Jo Johansson
For a new starter like myself, while the reasons to join Resource Guru were already plenty (remote-first, async culture, work-life balance), learning about the upcoming team retreat, or Guru Gathering as we call them, sure was…
Written by Jo Johansson
We've just added a new keyboard shortcut that makes it easy to instantly navigate to the person or resource you’re looking for. ⚡
Written by Kat Pattison
By 2025, 36.2 million American employees will be remote. (Let that number sink in for a second.) Pre Covid-19 we might have been on that same trajectory, but at a much slower pace. Today, many companies…
Written by Percy Stilwell