Famed leadership expert John C. Maxwell once said, "Change is inevitable. Growth is optional". And arguably so. Look around you — from the gradual transformation of autumn leaves to the rapid advancements in technology, change, is a constant companion, and is here to stay. This sentiment holds true for the evolving landscape of project management as well, where adapting to change is pivotal for unstoppable growth.
Capterra's Most Impactful PM Tools Survey proves that artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we see project management: 63% of project managers have bolstered productivity and enhanced efficiency, while 54% have employed AI tools to predict and mitigate project risks. In addition to that, the 15th Annual Pulse of the Profession survey reported a staggering 57% rise in the adoption of hybrid project management over the last three years.
Bottom line? The winds of change are blowing, and it's on us to adjust our sails and ride the wave. With AI transforming the way we work and hybrid project management witnessing a steep adoption rate, it is time to rethink how we run our projects to keep up with fast-changing times. Did you know that we've been hard at work to bring you an all-in-one work management platform — one that is data-driven, AI-enabled, and designed to embrace the hybrid approach to managing projects? We're rolling with the changing times, helping you make growth mandatory, not optional.
World, meet Zoho Projects Plus
Zoho Projects Plus is an AI-powered work management platform that helps teams stay ahead of the curve with a hybrid project management experience, whether that is through automated workflows, predictive insights, or advanced collaboration. Make the move to this trailblazing data-driven work management platform that harnesses the combined power of Zoho Projects, Sprints, Analytics, and WorkDrive, with Zia embedded contextually across the platform.
What Zoho Projects Plus can do for you
Take advantage of hybrid portfolio management
If you enjoy planning, tracking, and managing work items with Zoho Projects, you might already appreciate the top-down, detailed approach that it offers. And if agile is more your speed, Zoho Sprints has you covered with its Scrum and Kanban options. Zoho Projects Plus unifies these frameworks, creating the ultimate hybrid portfolio management experience.
Use dynamic dashboards
Zoho Projects Plus' dashboards give you a 360-degree view of every project. With over 16 fully customizable dashboards ranging from performance management to project timeline summaries, get a comprehensive close-up on the details. Use hybrid dashboards that merge specifics from classic and agile projects, and leverage that data to address contingencies and share critical updates, while encouraging teams to adapt and capitalize on opportunities.
Deliver quality work with ease
Don't let unorganized work items get in the way of delivering promising results. Gantt charts use every piece of your classic project to reveal data you can use to enhance your efficiency. Setting work-in-progress limits eliminates multi-tasking and empowers teams to get their best work done. Plus, centralize crucial documents so you never have to search through multiple tabs.
All hands on Gantt
Revitalize classic projects with Gantt charts and easily monitor timelines, highlight pressing tasks, compare baselines, and manage dependencies. Automate perpetual work items and workflows to dedicate time to other tasks. If you're struggling to locate tasks, simply ask Zia for help.
You kan with kanban
Managing sprints becomes a breeze when it's easy to organize your workflows. Drag and drop tasks across boards to signify progress, ensure seamless workflow management, and foster an environment for continuous improvement.
All your documents are safe in WorkDrive
Keep your documents organized with relevant folders in a centralized location. Locating files is no longer time-consuming — simply type keywords from documents or images to receive quick and accurate search results. Only provide access to those you trust and prevent important documents from landing in the wrong hands.
Take collaboration to new heights
Whether you're new to project management or a subject-matter expert, you know that the key to getting your strategy on track is making sure your teams meet planned objectives, together. Use the Zoho Projects Plus platform to get your team members on the same page, meet deadlines, and execute projects to perfection.
Discussions, meetings, and more
Take ideation to realization and see the overall progress of your classic, agile, or hybrid projects. Get real-time notifications, maintain an audit log of project updates, and reply to comments through texts or attachments. Key stakeholders can use contextual reports to keep up with the project journey. Provide teams with a common place to collaborate, organize meetings, make impactful announcements, and account for fairness in workload distribution. Put up a successful show, together.
Manage content from one place
All your folders can be arranged under sub-folders and located by entering the file name or a relevant keyword. Stay in the loop with updates and work only on the latest version of documents. Add comments, attachments, and more to bring more context to documents and enhance collaboration.
Keep agility intact
Prevent bugs from hindering your progress by monitoring them closely and organizing workflows over streamlined swim lanes. As cards are dragged and dropped from one status board to another, they're synced across the entire team, eliminating the need to micromanage. Conduct recurring sprint sessions and employ visual tools—like our whiteboards—to scribble down afterthoughts that become exceptional ideas.
Share data-centered insights
Communicate with teams and stakeholders through secure sharing with fine-grained permissions and row-level security. Share insights as data stories with presentations, slideshows, and portals, ensuring that critical information is effectively communicated across your organization.
Let AI-driven analytics take the reins
Take your numbers from insights to data-driven decisions in seconds. Break down complex project data into simple visuals that retain your exact meaning. With Zia, receive diagnostic insights and visualize them as dashboards and reports that you can share with key contributors.
Boost data efficiency
Zoho Analytics collects data from various sources, including files, feeds, business applications, databases, data lakes, and data warehouses, and stores it all in a centralized, easy-to-find place. This provides comprehensive insights on your operations, making it simpler than ever to race to the finish line.
Use advanced data preparation
Create and manage numerous data pipelines using a visual builder. The AI engine enhances data quality with over 250 transformations, ensuring that your analysis is based on accurate and well-prepared data.
Leverage AI-backed analysis
Automated AI insights offer easy-to-understand narratives to facilitate diagnostic analytics. Predictive AI capabilities include forecasting future trends, anomaly detection, what-if analysis, and smart alerts for proactive project management.
Visualize data
Creating insightful and interactive reports and dashboards becomes a breeze—use over 50 visualization options to get your point across. What's more, you can publish these tools to make them available to anyone involved in the project.
What does Zia do?
Zoho's Zia gives project management a brand new bionic meaning with its AI-driven capabilities, making work smarter and more efficient.
Change may be inevitable, but growth is assured
Zoho Projects Plus is a bold new take on project management—from AI-driven analytics to exceptional collaborative capabilities, this smart, hybrid work management platform unifies methodologies and tool sets to help you deliver brilliant work. Enable global enterprise teams to put their best foot forward and carve a steady path towards finished deadlines, amplified productivity, and successful project management. Growth is not optional; with Zoho Projects Plus, it is the way forward.
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