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How Italy’s Alkemy Seamlessly Transitioned To Remote Work During COVID

Alkemy, a leading Italian company in the business model evolution and digital transformation space (focused on large and medium-sized companies), was founded in 2012 by a group of entrepreneurs who had experience leading international companies in the world of business consultancy and technological innovation. Alkemy S.p.A. works to improve the market positioning and competitiveness of large and medium-sized companies by stimulating the evolution of their business models in line with technological innovation and consumer behavior. Alkemy integrates skills and expertise in the areas of Strategy, Communication, Design, Performance, Technology and Insights & Analytics, with an offering designed for this post-digital environment and covering the entire chain of value from strategy to implementation.

Before Finding The Right Project Management Tool

Before finding Hive, Alkemy began the process of finding a new project management tool, conducting research into different players in the space. They needed a tool that had superior usability features aligned with Alkemy’s goals, which involved thoughtfully planning for the future, and since Italy was transitioning to total remote work in the wake of COVID, they needed a tool to help ease that transition. For Alkemy, it was important to have an internal tool that brought different accounts and projects into a single space, enabling teams to communicate and share information to better plan and optimize resources and costs.

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The Solution: Hive

Enter Hive. The Client Service team at Alkemy utilizes Hive on a daily basis to manage accounts, plot out full project scope, plan staffing, and schedule the weeks ahead. They utilize Action Cards, Projects, and Project Navigator to plot out campaigns and the smaller tasks that need to be completed within each project. Project Navigator, the home base for all of your projects, is an especially crucial view because it helps their team see at a glance when projects began, who is leading the project, and when it is slated for completion. To better understand who has the bandwidth to tackle specific tasks, the team also relies on Resourcing. With Resourcing, they are able to clearly see how much each individual has on their plate, what projects they’re working on, and if they can handle additional tasks.

Summary View is also important to their team, which they’ve set up as a way to view each individual team member’s tasks across all projects. Summary Views allow users to see the status and tasks of multiple projects in one place, which is critical for Alkemy and goes hand-in-hand with their Resourcing efforts to ensure that work is spread evenly across team members.

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Finally, Alkemy utilizes Analytics, which helps them understand how many tasks each individual at the organization has completed as well as overall team productivity. With Analytics, they have a view set up that shows the percentage of actions completed by project, so they can better understand what has taken up the most of the team’s time. Alkemy also utilizes the Forecast capability in Analytics to see where their time in the future will be allocated.

Hive helps the Alkemy team view campaigns and projects on a macro level, and enables them to resource and plan for all active projects and accounts during this difficult transition. During this time of remote work, Hive has been an invaluable resource for their team.