From day one at Mangoho we have been using Zoho Projects for both for our internal tasks and projects and our customer’ projects.
Indeed all of the planning behind the launch of our company was managed by Zoho projects.
Take a quick tour with this video before we look at some of the new features.
We find that the people that we work with and for all have different jobs, duties and possibly even separate project objectives.
But there is one common purpose between us all and that is to collaborate well and complete the project on time and within budget.
And we find that the latest UI from the Zoho Projects very much helps us with our collaboration.
OK, I can hear you all saying what has a User Interface got to do with better collaboration?
The answer is in a definition of what is a UI and one definition is that it is that way that a program, application or system represents itself to its users.
In the case of Zoho Projects this is in the form of an excellently developed GUI (Graphical User Interface) which brings a fresh design allied with a clean layout to project management that really does assist in collaboration and providing greater productivity to project team members.
Improved resource management.
Successful resource utilization is a priority for all project team members as we search for ways to better use people and also in cases where the project is for customers improve billable time and increase customer satisfaction.
So we are delighted that Zoho Projects now has the ability to set the number of hours for a task and be able to identify this in multiple ways - work hours per day, the percentage of hours per day, or just leave it at total work hours and then Zoho Projects will take over managing the duration.
And what that means is that you can see if the work hours are below, near to or above the total available hours.
In a neat touch a “see saw” GUI representation is presented to users showing allocated time vis a vis free time at either end.
Service Level Agreement Automation.
If your organization guarantees an SLA then at some point in time during a project your customers are going to be waiting for a reply from you.
So with the introduction of SLA automation into Zoho Projects we can make every possible attempt to make sure that responses can be met according to the terms of the SLA.
With Zoho Project you can easily set up automated escalations based on agreed criteria so that contractual compliance can be made wherever possible.
Furthermore particular actions can also be automatically generated so that, for example, a specific user with the correct level of expertise is assigned to a specialized user.
Zoho Projects supports 4 levels of escalations with each one supporting up to 10 automated actions.
Zoho Projects integration with Zoho Books.
Existing users of Zoho Projects will already know that they can generate invoices from within times entered into Zoho Projects.
For all you SMBs and one man operations out there you can imagine how much time that saves!
On something that is absolutely essential for the survival of the business but almost without fail is approached with trepidation with an added touch tedium.
So you can imagine how much your accountants are going to love you more now that Zoho Projects is integrated with Zoho Books.
Not only can you generate your invoices from Zoho Projects you can also integrate them along with project expenses directly into your Zoho Books accounting application.
With Zoho Projects integrated with Zoho Invoice and Zoho Books there is no reason that you cannot generate AND SEND your invoices to your customers on a daily basis.
Zoho Projects’ Chrome extension.
The cool Chrome extension allows you to immediately know when important projects updates occur.
And you don’t even have to open Zoho Projects in Chrome.
Post feeds, create and update task management, update time-sheets and log bugs in the awesome Zoho Projects’ Bug Tracker app. are all available in Chrome without opening Zoho Projects.
And then there is the neat built in screen grabber that easily lets you take screen shots and edit them for sending to your colleagues and customers.
Zoho Projects delivers cloud based collaboration that will support your company’s organization and work style.
Discover how Zoho Projects can assist your company by contacting us today or drop us a note to info at mangoho dot com.
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