New word in live web applications development: semi-public beta
The web 2.0 world is use to public betas. A company builds a product, makes it live, starts promoting it and polishes things on the way (on the way to where). Its a good approach, but sometimes it might be painful for users. You can allow this to happen if you have a strong
Create a Task on the Timeline
Today, we offer a new, handy feature on Wrike’s Gantt chart. Now you can create a task on the timeline with one mouse gesture! Advanced Web technologies (AJAX) allowed us to implement this feature and improve your experience with Wrike. Adding tasks to the timeline became as easy as creating dependencies and rescheduling plans. How it
Wrike's Project Management Features Enhanced with Wiki
What is a wiki? A wiki is a collection of Web pages that allow teams to keep, share and update information. As information is updated, everyone on the team gets a notification about the change. People do not have to ask the administrator’s permission to update a wiki’s page, so contributions to it can be made
Slide Deck and Paper from the UTD Project Management 2.0 Presentation
on August 18. The audience was terrific. I was pleased to find out that many project managers who attended my presentation had previous experience in using wikis and other Project Management 2.0 tools in their work. We had an interesting 30-minute Q&A. Those of you who missed the fun can download the Project Management 2.0 presentation,
The Agile Origins of Project Management 2.0
In my previous post that was also cross posted on CloudAve, I brought up the topic of enterprise agility. My conclusion was: to be agile and adapt quickly to the ever-changing business environment, you need to be able to blend top-down control with bottom-up agility in a "Ying and Yang" style. I also mentioned the
Introducing the New Wrike Community & Help Center
The Wrike Help Center has a fresh new look — and a brand new user forum! Looking for someplace to talk Folder structure, creating real-time Reports, new user training, and more? Join the new Wrike Community and connect with other Wrike users. You can: Ask questions. Post your question in the user forums to get
Office 2.0 Big Expectations
I was invited to give a speech at the Project 2.0 panel of the Office 2.0 Conference, which will take place in San Francisco on September 5-7. The conference is established by Ismael Ghalimi, author of the popular IT|Redix blog. He together with a group of other bloggers managed to make the conference a significant
The site goes live
We had some hot debates about our beta program. We were seriously considering limiting access to the program and discussed various ways of implementing it, but the final show of hands pointed towards making the program public. The driving force behind this decision was the argument that Wrike's power is in its collaborative abilities.
PMI NJ’s Seminar at Sea Was Organized with Wrike's Help
PMI is the most influential and popular project management organization in the world. It helps thousands of project managers globally to gain valuable knowledge, network and exchange their experience. That’s why we’re so proud that PMI NJ’s team chose Wrike to be the primary system for managing the Seminar at Sea project. “We are happy that
The New Task View: A Fresh Approach to Familiar Features and Some Exciting New Ones
They say that small things can make a big difference. That’s why we completely revised the look of the task tab in Wrike, so that every detail contributes to your overall success. Our main goal was making the new layout of task details in Wrike even more compact and intuitive. Let’s take a look at
Three, Two, One… Meet the New Timer!
Many of you have asked us to extend the functionality of the time tracker with a timer. We loved the idea, and now the feature is at your service in the new task view for much easier tracking and time reports. But perhaps the most fantastic news is that now you can see who on your team is currently working on
Get the Whole Context: Dependencies Are Now Available Right From the Task View
The new task view brings a totally different task management experience into your workspace. Besides its feel of clarity and structure, it’s also notable for the new and helpful features, such as a timer that will boost your personal productivity. An additional useful update is that now you can get a bird-eye view of dependencies when
Meet us at Office 2.0
We are excited to announce that Wrike’s founder, Andrew Filev, will take part in Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco on September 5-7. The conference is a global event where key innovators, decision makers, technologists and businessmen meet, discuss and debate the future evolution of online productivity and collaboration. Office 2.0 will bring together representatives
Wrike Earns 5 Awards from FinancesOnline Review Site!
Wrike was recently reviewed by FinancesOnline — a website that lists and discusses various accounting, CRM, and B2B software services in an effort to supply business owners with valuable information. Their software reviews assist decision makers going through the demanding process of finding the right tools for their organizations. After an in-depth analysis of Wrike's
Keep Your Team Members on the Same Page with Wrike
Adoption of Wrike brought quick improvements both to managers and team members. “Wrike has been the most productive tool we have added to our arsenal since I started this business nearly five years ago,” says Dan Tipton, president and CEO at Tipton Communications. Read the whole interview with Dan to find out why Wrike turned
Changing Hierarchy into Network?
Before I start digging into project management transformation due to Web 2.0 technologies, I would like to share some thoughts on the basic impacts of Enterprise 2.0 on companies’ structure and corporate culture. One of the most important impacts of Enterprise 2.0, as I mentioned in my previous post is changing the management pattern inside an
Project Management 2.0 Is Getting Traction
(IMF). My major impression from these presentations is that more and more managers today are interested in innovating their project management practices. Some managers have already tried applying various new-generation technologies to manage their projects and are ready to share their experiences, while some are still watching and listening, figuring out what will be the best way
Creative Economy, Virtual Collaboration, and Social Media: Insights from PMI VP
Working for PMI since 2007, Brian brings more than 18 years of his product management, marketing and consulting experience to this global organization. Together with his team, Brian is focused on the ongoing engagement of PMI members, certification holders and volunteers, and leads a number of PMI's fundamental programs. As a person who constantly interacts
Master Wrike Analyze With Our New Certification
Wrike’s Customer Certification program is scalable training to help users get more familiar with Wrike’s features. Our newest certification, Report Mastery: Silver, is for users looking to master Wrike Analyze’s boards, widgets, and reporting insights.
Better Together: Wrike Integrations That Inspire Highly Productive Teams
Just like a game of Tetris, if you don’t stack your tech tools right, you’ll have a disconnected mess that keeps piling on problems rather than solving them. That’s why Wrike Integrate empowers teams to connect 400+ applications. Here are Wrike integrations that will inspire you to build a tech stack for hyper-growth.
Project Management 2.0 Approach Presented at the UTD Project Management Symposium
Wrike’s founder, Andrew Filev, spoke at the 2nd Annual University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Project Management Symposium. The two-day event took place on August 18-19 and was attended by approximately 200 executives, project management professionals, speakers and volunteers – representatives of the nation’s most dynamic organizations. Besides UTD the symposium organizers included PM Forum,