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Workplaces have become the bread and butter of modern-day business dynamics. Having a well-provided, well-established work environment has definitely become a necessity to achieve goals and objectives. Now the important question arises regarding how we can make the most of the time spent in any particular work environment. With our lives getting busier and routines getting hectic, let us present s

Hello Orangescrum’ers! The Custom Task Status Workflow is now available for our Cloud edition. Not all projects are built the same! Each has its own task flow and needs specific status to convey the true health of its tasks. And before that, we also understand that different teams have their own project structure. A generic project flow doesn’t do justice to their project progress and makes it dif

In the year 2019, most people have tried or seen VR in one form or another. VR ranges from very simple and basic versions like Google Cardboard to full experiences with Oculus Rift or similar technologies. For VR project development, project managers need to embrace a multifaceted approach that includes staying updated with the latest VR technologies Some people feel like VR is just another trend

It’s always true that the customer wants the best products and services. Employees want better salaries. Executives want growth. So everyone wants to grow. But the truth is, it’s hard to deliver consistently positive results in an uncertain and continually shifting global marketplace. Organizations that invest in SaaS project management spend 13 times less money because their strategic initi

Collaboration is vital to the successful stewardship of any project, regardless of the industry or sector in which you operate. But no matter how good you are at wrangling large teams or conveying your desired achievements, ensuring that people work together effectively is impossible without the help of certain tools. Two decades ago the cost of not being able to find knowledge efficiently was cos

Hello Orangescrum’ers, we’re back with another product update! Over the years, Orangescrum has helped users to organize their tasks, deliver projects in time and collaborate from a single platform. However, it is difficult to keep track of all important assignments & deadlines through email notifications & many users have asked for the ability to sync their tasks and deadlines with Google

Being agile in business processes is crucial to project success as the space of project development is changing rapidly and agile project management is taking the lead. Could “Agile” be the best method to choose for project management? This has been an ongoing debate for years. Essentially there are 3 groups of project managers; Traditional Project Managers– Generally, they use

Hello Orangescrummers, as promised we’re back with new updates! With the latest release, you can customize your Orangescrum account with custom theme color to make it truly yours. Recently, we have also released personalization options to customize your left main menu and Quick Links menu with options that are most frequently used by you. If you have missed, then you can read more about the latest

Entrepreneurs are always booming with ideas. They always seem to have an endless source of creative juices and energy to make that dent on the universe. Ideas need a lot of nurturing, analysis, planning and organized execution to turn them into reality. A lot is at stake here and not all ideas see the light of the day. Why so? Implementation of ideas need to be protected from internal & extern

Program Management and Project Management are interchangeably used by organizations to refer to various initiatives that they run. They may sound similar but there are quite a bit of distinct differences between the two. The differences must be well understood to ensure proper implementation and benefit realization to the optimum. In this article we will go over what exactly does program and proje

April was yet another productive month with exciting feature releases. We always want users to have a great experience using Orangescrum. Enabling collaboration, ensuring project data confidentiality, personalization and smooth navigation within Orangescrum was the focus of the month. Let’s us review what’s in store and how you can experience it first hand! Cloud Edition Updates: 1. User Role Ma

William Penn says, “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst”. We all know how time is important to us. But we do forget about TIME MANAGEMENT while we’re busy sorting other things wisely. If a lack of visibility on how time is spent and managed is an issue, efficient time management is simply the best way to curb this mess. It makes teams or resources more effective, businesses more prof

The Orangescrum team received an interesting use case from a major European agency (who are now our customers – yay!) a few quarters ago.  They are a big organization with a complex hierarchy and a range of strategic & functional operational teams. They have been a victim of Silo work approaches Teams choosing their own tools IT has no control over the data privacy spread across these tools A

Hello Orangescrummers! Here’s another good news for you all our cloud edition users. Now adjust Orangescrum to your expertise and needs by its ‘Quick Links’ & ‘Left Menu’ features. Easy navigation and left menu customization are in your hand. Orangescrum is flexible by its nature and, therefore, can be easily modified to become truly yours. We invite you to take a walk with us through this s

Hello Orangescrummers! We’re introducing Slack integration with Orangescrum for the Open Source edition. Now you can send instant notifications to Slack from Orangescrum for all your task and project activities. Here’s a quick look at the features you can enable with Slack integration. You’ll get notifications in your Slack channel when: A project is created, updated A task is created, assigned,