4 effective ways to stop procrastinating
Isn’t it amazing that we will happily pour our creative energy into inventive excuses to not complete a task? Suddenly, a million little things simply must take priority; a desk needs clearing out or it is…
Importing people into Resource Guru using Zapier
You can now use our Zapier integration to import a list of people into your Resource Guru account. Read the step-by-step guide below to find out how. Before you get started: It is not currently possible…
How an award-winning team at Specsavers improved efficiency and boosted morale
If you’ve ever needed to wear glasses there’s a good chance you will have heard of Specsavers. Founded in the UK in 1984, the company delivers high quality, affordable optical and hearing care via partnerships with…
Team Guru Summit 2018 – Resource Guru heads to Budapest
The entire Resource Guru team recently got together for our annual team summit, hosted this year in Hungary’s beautiful capital city Budapest. As a fully remote team with colleagues in the UK, Spain, Sweden and South…
Say hello to GDPR
Your inbox has no doubt been inundated with a flood of emails from companies asking you to update your data preferences or take note of changes to their privacy policy. What’s going on?! In case you…
Importing a list of projects into Resource Guru using Zapier
Our Zapier integration makes it easy to connect Resource Guru to your favorite apps, but you may not know that you can also use Zapier with Google Sheets to import a list of projects into your…
Customer Spotlight: resource scheduling in project management with Swiss Post Solutions
“Game-changing” – Thuat Bui, CTO of Swiss Post Solutions Vietnam, describing the company’s use of Resource Guru. Thuat Bui’s team takes care of software development and IT delivery support for the Swiss Post Solutions group. With…
Customer spotlight – scheduling projects at Isobel London
Isobel are an independent creative agency based in London, UK. When they’re not producing award-winning work for clients like Brewdog, National History Museum and Harrods, you might find them hosting what is quite possibly the world’s…
Customer spotlight – Why Wunderman Colombia allocate projects with Resource Guru
“I couldn’t imagine us working without it”– Julian Mercado Wunderman is a leading digital agency with over 175 offices in 60 countries. In the video below, Julian Mercado, Managing Director of Wunderman Colombia, explains why…
Project manager interview questions and answers
I’m no stranger to project manager job interviews. Between full-time job searching years ago and chats with agency owners for contract work now, I’ve had my fair share of discussions about my experience, work style, philosophy,…
Better visibility of events on your Dashboard
We’ve aligned event details on the Dashboard with those of the Schedule. When you click on a Dashboard event, you will now see the details popover in all its glory instead of its less flamboyant tooltip predecessor.
How to create the ultimate project budget template (+ FREE Excel template)
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…
How to find the best resource planning tool
I am sure you know the feeling – you’re working on an important client project and you need another team member to add the finishing touches before the deadline. You send them an email with the…
Free Project Plan Template for Excel
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…
How smart Project Managers use scheduling and communication to combat project burnout
The most difficult project I’ve worked on took place a few years ago—it was a complex development project with a somewhat rude client and a team that was enthusiastic but in over our heads. We struggled…