In many agencies, project information is spread across different tools, channels and people:
This leads to constant back and forth, duplicate queries and an extremely high error rate.
The solution:
Create a single place where everyone involved in the project has access to the relevant information. This includes tasks, responsibilities, timings, files and comments, ideally structured per project and always up to date.
This saves time, reduces misunderstandings and ensures that your team spends less time searching and more time getting things done.
When everything is important at the same time, nothing gets done properly.
Many teams simply work through tasks from top to bottom without knowing which tasks are actually critical or which dependencies exist.
This leads to unnecessary bottlenecks, spontaneous rescheduling and frustration within the team.
The solution:
Create a clear task structure for each project with defined deadlines, priorities and interdependencies.
Visualise project plans with timelines or Kanban boards so that your team can immediately see what really matters and what they should focus on.
This brings structure to everyday project work and ensures better decisions in day-to-day business.
Many agency managers don't know exactly how busy their team really is or whether individual employees are already working at their limits.
New tasks are often assigned based on ‘gut feeling’ rather than reliable data. This leads to overload, burnout risk and suboptimal use of resources.
The solution:
Establish a system that shows you your team's workload on a daily basis – including absences, part-time work, holidays and planned tasks. This is the only way to assign tasks realistically, identify bottlenecks early on and make informed decisions about whether to accept or reject new projects.
This protects your team and your results and allows you to plan proactively instead of reactively.
How often do you have to ask in meetings, ‘What's the status?’
If project progress only exists in the minds of those involved or in distributed tools, you can't actively manage projects, you can only administer them.
The solution:
Use tools with status overviews and dashboards that automatically display the current status – including completed tasks, blockers, delays and responsibilities.
This allows everyone involved to see immediately where the project stands, what is currently blocked and what is coming up next.
This saves unnecessary meetings, reduces queries and creates transparency, both internally and externally.
Agencies in particular often manage many client projects in parallel - with different deadlines, teams and requirements.
In awork, you can manage all projects centrally, track their progress in real time and assign tasks clearly.
Dashboards and project views show you immediately where each project stands - without the need for constant enquiries or searching.
With the integrated capacity planning in awork, you can see at a glance how busy your team is - across all projects and on a daily basis.
You can immediately recognise where there is too much work or free capacity and can redistribute tasks accordingly.
This allows you to manage proactively rather than reactively, avoid overloading the team and ensure the success of the project.
With the awork timeline and customisable task views, you can plan deadlines visually and communicate priorities clearly.
Tasks can be filtered, sorted or tagged - so you can always see what needs to be done first. Your entire team knows what is important at all times - in all projects.
Yes! awork was developed for creative teams and is perfectly suited to the typical requirements of agencies - many projects, many participants, high communication requirements and clear deadlines.
Absolutely. You can simply invite external people to projects, with individual authorisations. This allows you to work transparently without disrupting internal processes.
It usually only takes a few days to weeks. Many agencies are completely live within 1-2 weeks - thanks to intuitive operation and simple migration.
I've been a project manager for over 14 years, and it feels like I've been searching for a proper digital solution for just as long. We now found that solution with awork.
The efficient workflows and project-related communications facilitated by awork are undoubtedly the best.
My team is truly excited about awork. We've tested other tools and were not as happy, but now we’ve found genuine relief and support for everyone.
We chose awork because it offers a wealth of features, outshining all the free project management tools while remaining highly flexible. Additionally, it was important to us that our tool of choice receives regular updates.
awork is incredibly intuitive to use. Everyone gets the hang of it right away and enjoys working with it.
Just had a chat with @awork’s support. That’s what I call customer-oriented work – very, very good. And the tool is just as capable!
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