Resource Guru

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I like that it doesn't try to be anything else than resource allocation, and that it does this very well. In a department with 25 people plus some 'machines', we manage to keep track on our activities very well, and distribute the load in time and across the resources as needed.

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I find it very intuitive, both for the user who can view the bookings, and for the manager who tries to keep track on everything. As stated above, many tools try to embrace project management, time registration, etc. - but we are really interested in the resource allocation only.
If I should mention anything, it would be the request for slightly more flexible reporting options. However, the people behind Resource Guru are very responsive, so they will probably fix it before I am done with the review.

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Resource Guru makes it easy for us to manage scheduling our artists.

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No complaints here, it does exactly what I need it to.

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Real time access to my schedule and it’s very easy to request time off

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Nah I think everything is great. What could you really make better IMean it’s everything you need right there to get your week prepared

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The Simple and intuitive UI allows far fast verifications and real-time modification to the scedule.

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Some users found it is yet another platform to integrate in their workflow.

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It is simple and easy to use. Excellent for planning projects and availability

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We use Resource Guru for a simple function within the business, so our needs are basic.

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We can integrate resource guru with other tools like jira and zapier. This shows us the realtime information like the current resources of a specific project and it helped a lot a team to find the booked resources and their availability.

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One downside is the price of the paid version which varying with the resource count.

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I like the appearance of the software - its clear, self explanatory, easy to navigate, see the bigger picture to jiggle schedule resource about, etc.

I like how easy and quickly the support team are there to assist when needed.

I like how it shows you who has booked what and the daily reminders via email of what is coming up, etc.

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It isn't a negative but I would like to have a scheduling log, to see at what time and date did someone book a slot onto the schedule. I manage the Creative Studio, depending how many campaigns and the urgency in hitting these deadlines, I need to keep track of the entire departments availability, knowing when i can move things around in order to deliver last min projects. Only myself should have booking access, but I currently share it with Creative Directors, so they can schedule in my absence, but I can't see when they have booked them in so i can keep track. Is this something you could implement, please? Thanks,

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Easy to use functionality that syncs with my existing calender to keep my projects and daily tasks on track.

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None presently. I have to explore resource guru more.

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I like how organized this tool can be. For our account, updates are constant and this tool will help us make sure that the team is updated. You can also engage with your team within the card especially if you have any clarifications or questions.

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Knowledge Base Alerts - this part needs improvement. I wish there is a way to notify the team using the knowledge base alerts that would notify them right away instead of checking the "lightning bolt. Changing it to yellow isn't enough. It would be better if there is a sound made to make sure that the team will know that it is a must if you will receive a knowledge alert.

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It impacts how we can properly manage our schedule, projects and people. We can easily track whose available for project assigning, whose on leave and what time our people is available.

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Maybe if RG can adopt holidays all over the world so we don't need to manually input them

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Ease of use, highly customisable and visually appealing.

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Something that could be added is the option of duplicating a scheduled project from one resource to another.

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I appreciate how this tool can be so well-structured. As our account had so many updates, we used this tool to stay informed. I admire how you can save your favorite cards to the favorites page and quickly search for what you need by using a keyword to respond to members' concerns.

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Nothing about the product bothered me, and since I last used it, I'm confident that it has improved even more.

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The filtering capabilities allows different user roles to manage their teams easily and also find relevant skills in the agency. Many people have hidden skills and talents and having them searchable allows us to tap into these.

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I would like to see more API integration efforts made into other applications.
I would like to see workflow triggers to handle people picking up work (validation) or not picking up work because they haven't been briefed in (trigger notification to manager) to help actually manage the validation of the acceptable of work by the individuals instead of having to follow up. This would remove a lot of chasing and admin.

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We like the ability to visualize our employee utilization on a company-wide basis while being able to generate other utilization views by department and resource type. This helps us determine any utilization gaps and plan for cross utilization to ensure overall high utilization of our resources.

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I would like to see a few more customization features for how the system currently treats over-bookings. We would like to be able to over-book resources and it show their utilization at 100%+ rather than it showing the conflict and a lower utilization until the over-allocation is corrected.

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Ease of use - loved the beta version and very happy that is now the standard. Easy to update multiple days on the fly and saves as you go.

Great feature of saving teams/groups so I can see a quick look without having to multi click.

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Only thing I can say is I wish there was a better way to export reports from the software, possibly export into excel where I can print out the relevant information.

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It's very easy and intuitive to use. Although they don't do much the Project Code and Skill was something that the closest competitor did not offer and made resource guru more desirable

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The closest competitor had 2 features that I would like to have seen, to be able to have the project marked as tentative. And to add a budget to the project - Other competitors had the budget and you could define a price per resource - however, for me a bucket of hours per project would be enough

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Easy of ease, management and administration.

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Would like a more GNATT like chart to be available.

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- Color coding clients
- Being able to manually adjust hours/availability per resource
- Limiting permissions per user
- Adding in when employees are OOO
- Search feature to check skill sets and who has worked on which client before
- Saving searches so we can quickly view groupings of employees

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- I wish there was a way to search bookings for key words
- It's unfortunate that this tool doesn't link up with our PM tool, Asana
- There's no 'undo' button if you accidentally click and drag a booking unknowingly

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Software is easy to use and provides easy scheduling.

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Feature set is very basic and does not integrate with other applications being used.

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Great tool to track who's who and where in the office. Sends out daily emails to let everyone know who is working in and out of the office on any given day.

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Nothing to complain, it's a great tool to know who is available to work with at the office when needed.

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Helps effortlessly plan resource allocation and gives a great overview of the entire team's workload. It is easy for all to follow and keeps everyone in the loop.

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Would be good if it could integrate with other project management tools e.g. Trello.

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it is user friendly, intuitive and easy to implemt.

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it isn't possible interact with outllok.

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User interface very easy to use, filtering options (for example showing only people, resources or any combination desired) very helpful, great way to see your whole team's at-a-glance schedule

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external calendar (ie Outlook) integration could be improved. Booking holiday for multiple people/resources at once very easy, wish that functionality could be extended to non-holiday bookings

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It is extremely easy to acquire and operationalize. Very short learning curve in how to use the software.

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During the first use of the product, the editing capabilities were a little awkward but this was mostly due to the need for internal adaptation of the use of the software, in addition, the software is being continually updated based on customer input.

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It’s great and easy to use. Very self explanatory.

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No complaints about this app. I will recommend it. I’m

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Really easy to use and makes all resource planning very visible. Highlights the problem areas and upcoming projects really well

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It turned out to be far too expensive for a fairly small company to justify. There was limited functionality around moving/altering/copying lines and resources input although the team are looking into this. The colours are limited for the lines also, which may seem like a small thing but the colours help to show visually what is planned. It would also be handy to be able to zoom in and out more to see full years as well as weeks.

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I enjoTey the ability to very quickly create and adjust assignments. The schedule for my team is extremely dynamic. Resource Guru enables me to quickly make changes from anywhere.

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Have no dislikes of the software. Could use the ability to filter projects by customer and other similar organizational options.

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great feature overall good nice colours very easy to use

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There are so many ways to organize, filter, and personalize. No matter why or for what purpose you need it for, this software can probably be configured to show exactly what you need, separated by color or length or any number of user-defined criteria.

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The wide array of customization options make it slightly less than intuitive, but a small amount of time exploring all the options is plenty to understand how things can best be configured to suit your needs.

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Resource Guru is very user-friendly and it also looks beautiful.

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I like everything about it. Maybe other people could use a few extra features, but for me it's perfectly fine.

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Makes it clean, simple and easy to see staffing and resourcing.

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It doesn't connect with my timesheet tracking program, so I have to enter my time seperately.

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It’s amazing! It is critical to our weekly resource planning. It’s helped us ensure that critical project demands are being met and that individual staff are not overloaded.

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Nothing but it would be cool if the tool linked to ERP systems

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To check daily workflow and schedule. To track work and traffic manager and reschedule accordingly.

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It is very good. Easy to use and very friendly. I recommend everyone to use this software. It helps a lot for everyday workflow.

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i like the functionality and simple of use

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in general, everything is clear and easy to use, so I have nothing against it.

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I like that the UI is very clean and easy to use. It's easy to see everyone's schedule and plan around jobs.

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I don't know enough about it to have a least favourite aspect.

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- Easy to use for end users
- Easy to customize for admins
- Fun and amusing theme

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It has its limitations in terms of functionality. For the size of our agency, it would have been better to have more aspects of the resource planning process in the tool that was used for scheduling and time tracking.

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Simple to use and manage resources. Planning has never been easier.

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Would be nice to add photos to the clients for better recognition in the schedule.

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The best thing is the easily to manage and check my daily tasks.

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None to say about that. Guru is perfect in my opinion.

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Ease of use and the functions it offers.

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In would like an option to flip around so I see project list first and resource second.

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I have used it at a previous business and it is an excellent product. T

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When staff are working nights the times need to be added as hours instead of timings.

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User-Friendly interface, easy to use remotely, easy to add users to.

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The only cons are integration with the wider tools at my company.