Disconnected tools cause project failure
Everyone has a workspace, but for most it's a jumbled mess of Word documents, spreadsheets, emails, instant messages, point solutions and other disconnected tools. As a result, teams spend large amounts of time correlating data in spreadsheets, building patchwork integrations, and holding daily meetings to share updates. Inevitably, information is outdated, version control issues arise, people aren't made aware of key decisions and the team becomes unsynchronized. Disconnected tools, and the disconnected teams they create, are a large reason why the 2009 Standish Group's Chaos report still finds that 44 percent of projects are late, over budget, or deliver less than planned and 22 percent more are outright failures.
Breakdown the barriers that separate teams
For decades, teams have adopted disconnected planning, testing, bug tracking and requirements management tools that actually reinforce the barriers between team members. Choosing disconnected tools for every aspect of the project life cycle is like hiring a project manager that only speaks French, a business analyst that only speaks Russian, a developer that only speaks Japanese, and a quality assurance person that only speaks Greek. Even if every person is the very best available in their respective field, wouldn't you still be better off building a team that all speaks the same language? Unfortunately, the status quo is to allow each team member or group to choose their own tool rather than asking team members to speak the same language. Consequently, important information is often lost in translation resulting in mistakes.
Why a workspace?
Workspace.com provides a single source of project truth. It gives team members the information they need when they need it and in real-time. With all of your critical project data connected, traditional barriers between developers, quality assurance, business analysts, managers and customers fade away. Workspace.com makes a project team more organized, synchronized, accountable, and effective. Best of all, workspace.com is a tremendous value. For the less than the price of a single tool, users receive an entire workspace. Typically, a full year of workspace.com will cost less than is spent during a single day of project operations.