Is employee turnover quietly killing your business?
Employee turnover is an expensive problem plaguing modern workplaces – can a cure be found? There’s a growing tension between employees and employers. At first glance, both parties have the common...
View ArticleHow to work maternity leave into your long-term projects
Project management is largely about time management. As a project manager, you’re an expert at systematizing time. You have the ability to assess the scope, set milestones, plan the timeline, assign...
View ArticleQuality of life improvements to event creation and bug fixes
The effort to remove the suffix “beta” from the new schedule continues and a number of issues have been fixed in the last couple of weeks while also adding a few quality-of-life improvements to the...
View ArticleHeadcount vs FTE: What’s the best resource management model for you?
Have you ever found yourself in an ice cream shop, standing in front of your two favorite flavors and not knowing how to choose? You’ve already tried the samples, and now it comes down to the final...
View ArticleFiltering is fast and more bugs have been squashed
Filtering in Schedule Beta is now faster than a cheetah chasing a limping gazelle. Clicking outside a booking modal doesn’t close it anymore, sorting order on bookings make more sense and we’ve fixed...
View Article5 tips for resource forecasting in project management
Resource forecasting in project management is much like a super-effective crystal ball. While it may not tell you when you should buy a lottery ticket, it can save you a lot of stress by estimating...
View ArticleNew url structure, improvements and bug fixes
Since our last update we have moved some URLs around. Previously each account had its own subdomain, e.g. https://account_name.resourceguruapp.com which caused us a few technical headaches. You will...
View ArticleCloud vs. on-premise: the guide you’ve been looking for
At the risk of giving away my age, I am going to share a memory. It was a beautiful, sunny day. I was at a petting zoo with my children at an age when they were young enough to still think all animals...
View ArticleImproving Schedule Beta and API throughput
The Data Must Flow! As we move forward with ironing out all the details necessary to make Schedule Beta ready for primetime, we have made great improvements to the responsiveness of the frontend,...
View ArticleNew elastic overtime plus Schedule beta enhancements
Today’s a great day – we’re one step closer to taking the new Schedule out of beta and retiring the old one. The Schedule beta now features new elastic overtime and redesigned availability exceptions....
View ArticlePolishing up Schedule Beta
Apply elbow grease. Since we published our announcement of the imminent release of Schedule Beta, we have had an overwhelming amount of feedback from our customers – thank you so much for your time,...
View ArticleThe new, super-fast, mobile-friendly Schedule is here!
The new Schedule has just come out of beta! And we’ve never been this excited about a release before. That’s because it’s a massive upgrade to the old one and lays the foundation for all the other...
View ArticleTightening up the screws
Sometimes it’s just hard to tell. As we move forward towards retiring the old Schedule, we’re still processing everyone’s feedback and addressing the most common friction points in the new Schedule to...
View ArticleGuru surgery
It’s amazing how supposedly temporary beta solutions have a habit of becoming quite permanent. I’m talking about our poor lobotomised guru as shown here: Fortunately, we finally got round to removing...
View ArticleNew ways to edit events
After listening to your feedback, we’ve introduced some more efficient ways to edit and delete bookings. You can now edit or delete a single day within a multi-day event with just a couple of clicks....
View ArticleCreate quick, multi-day availability exceptions
Here at Resource Guru, we’re big believers that people’s time is precious and scheduling tools need to reflect that. That’s why we go to great lengths to ensure that your team’s availability is...
View ArticleSo polished, it sparkles
After its recent makeover, the new super-fast Schedule has been buffed and polished to the point that it pretty much sparkles now. We’ve been fully quality-checking it and making sure it does...
View ArticleEnhanced date navigation in the Schedule
Towards the end of 2019 I was in our Resource Guru account and I wanted to see what the schedule looked like for January 2020. So, I clicked the following link, expecting to be taken to January 2020....
View ArticleBusiness as usual for our remote-first company
When we decided to become a remote-first company back in 2009, I never thought for a second that a global pandemic would one day solidify our choice as being a good one. But, as more and more...
View ArticleLaying foundations + availability and date picker improvements etc
In software, solid foundations and architectural stability are the building blocks of success. Getting the core parts of your app shipshape and easy to work with ensures success going forward. To that...
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