3 reasons you need an operations expert for your shiny new PM tool

Project management tools are a big, expensive investment for teams and after all the legwork and red tape required to get one, it's pretty frustrating (and even a bit embarrassing) when six months later, your PM tool is sitting neglected by your team underneath digital cobwebs.

That doesn't have to your future.

We've been in the trenches with marketing and marketing operations teams at top Google, Tesla, Intercom, and other topB2B technology companies and the teams that live daily in their PM tools have one thing in common:

And here's the additional fun fact:

We get it, it's so tempting to just find someone on your team or some poor intern who can set-up the PM tool. Here's why working with an operations expert to implement you PM tool is a game-changer for your business

You want your team to actively use your PM tool without nagging them

None like changes even on a good day. And when that change is a PM tool that's going to radically impacts your daily working habits, folks have a right to be a little grumpy.

An operations expert can break through that resistance to change.

By getting in the trenches with your team, they can build custom workflows, processes, and training that make the PM tool a natural extension of your team’s daily work routine (instead of tedious busy work). This way, your team will feel confident about using your new PM tool and you’ll see the productivty and collaboration ROI from Day 1.

You need your PM tool ready to go ASAP because you’re also juggling other top priorities

Sure you could figure how implement your PM tool all be yourself but let's be honest - do you and your team actually have time to go through all the product documentation, learn best practices, implement those best practices, create training documentation, onboard the team, and then get hands-on with every user who needs help?

If you need to focus on your main KPIs, then working with an experienced operations partner who lives and breathes PM technology and process is a sure-fire way to get your PM tool implemented quickly and efficiently.

You want your PM technology and processes to be ready to scale

When that next round of funding hits or your C-Suite doubles your budget, you want to be ready to project management the heck out of it. 

But if you're not even sure how to set up PM tool to manage your team's workload today, forget about the future.

Tapping into an operations expert means tapping into a treasure trove of project management knowledge that has been honed across dozens of tools, industries and organizations. It's the ultimate hack to productivity success.