VIDEO: Teamwork Review: Top Features, Pros and Cons, and Alternatives to Consider

if you work for an agency you know finding a project management system that strikes the right balance between ease of use and feature requirements can be a challenge so today we're looking at a project management system built by former agency execs to address that very problem hey everyone i'm meredith and in this video we're taking a look at teamwork a cloud-based project management system that works best for creative agencies but if you're looking for more information about project management software check out our website at project management dot com for our list of the best project management tools click the link in the description below to learn more designed for client service teams teamwork is a project management system built with marketing agencies product and support teams and professional services firms in mind the system sports a clean user-friendly design with features like task management workload management different task views time tracking and collaboration for even added functionality teamwork offers paid add-ons like a help desk tool and a crm system teamwork comes in three additions priced per user per month as well as a free forever plan for small teams you can also test one of the paid plans out for a 30-day free trial before committing to an annual subscription now this is a cloud-based solution so you can access it via your web browser or through the mobile application for ios and android devices teamwork comes with a number of features to help you manage projects task management is one of the core features of teamwork you can create standalone tasks or organize them into task lists which lets you add those subtasks once you've created some tasks you can just assign them to individuals or to multiple team members set the deadlines attach files and set your priorities teamwork supports recurring tasks and you can also save task lists as templates for common project types for premium and enterprise customers teamwork lets you set estimates for how long it will take to complete different tasks this lets teamwork calculate workload capacity levels for each team member giving you that insight into how much they have on their plate and how much room they have to complete additional tasks learning how to use this feature properly can help you adapt quickly to changes and can help prevent overloading team members teamwork also comes with a reporting feature that lets you run a number of pre-built and custom reports for example there's a planned versus actual report this report compares how you planned for a project to go versus how it's actually going or how it went using the time estimates that you entered for tasks to compare against the actual time it took to complete them this can help you identify where projects might be starting to go off the rails so you can take appropriate action to correct course teamwork is a top rated product but it still comes with its pros and cons one of the biggest pros of teamwork is its simple and user-friendly design while some project management tools can get a little complicated teamwork likes to keep things simple so you don't get overwhelmed beyond that teamwork also comes with useful features for agencies like intake forums time logging and workload management however some users have noted that pricing can be a bit steep for smaller teams and the system currently doesn't support editing in offline mode it's a good idea to get multiple quotes before choosing a project management solution if you're interested in teamwork you might also want to consider jiracoremonday.com asana and click up that's it for our review of teamwork for more information about project management software tips and tricks visit our website at project dash management dot com if you found this video helpful please give us a thumbs up be sure to subscribe turn on notifications and we'll see you next time bye

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