Nowadays, the startup movement is actively developing worldwide. For any startup, it is important to properly organize the work as a team, try and optimize the process, and most importantly, constantly keep in touch with each other in a convenient way. We have decided to tell you a little about how Wrike project management tools can help you accomplish these goals.
Efficient and competent project management is a key component of success for startups. Since it’s inception in 2006, Wrike has grown to be one of the top project management solutions for businesses.
General benefits
- Allows you to create tasks, group them by projects and track their progress
- Tasks can be created simply by sending an email to the one responsible for its execution
- Contains network schedule and project reports
- Allows you to set reminders and manage the progress of tasks
- Visibility into project statuses on the go using the mobile app
New features
Wrike project management software is always striving to improve its features and interface. New custom themes feature makes online work even easier and more efficient due to the contrasting design which focuses the attention of users on the content of their work. Function buttons are now located more compact and the implementation of the usual actions takes even less time.
Here are a few more new features:
- notifications about the latest updates in the current task
- creating dependencies between tasks without switching to the Gantt chart
- live feed that gives real-time updates on tasks your team is working on
Mobile integration
For checking updates on the go, there were released Wrike mobile apps for iPhone and Android. Check out this video on how the apps work:
Chrome Plugin
This new project management feature was mainly added for teamwork and collaboration proposes. Wrike Chrome extension allows you to quickly create a task from any webpage or web application. Simultaneously,a text, picture and link to the page will be added in the description of the task.
Availability
For the price sensitive users,Wrike has launched a free version for up to 5 users in the Google Apps Marketplace. This allows you to use Wrike in conjunction with Google services; you could create tasks directly from GMail, synchronize your projects with Google Calendar and attach documents from Google Docs right in the tasks.
This 5 user restriction only applies to employees at your company; you can have an unlimited amount of external collaborators on Wrike.
Conclusion
This article lists just some of the excellent features that make Wrike one of the best project management tools on the market. Wrike can’t take all the credit, however. The success of any project depends not only on the tool, but on the professionalism and competence of the professionals who use it.
