๐ Announcing the Wrike Elite 100 awards program! ๐
รpinglรฉe En avantHello Wrike Community!
We are thrilled to launch our annual Wrike Elite 100 awards program! This prestigious initiative celebrates the top 100 Wrike users for their exceptional mastery and innovative use of our platform. Winners will be recognized in five categories: Collaboration, Innovation, Analytics, Orchestration, and Results.
Why participate?
๐ Celebrate excellence: By participating in the Wrike Elite 100, you have the chance to be recognized for your innovative use of our platform and your achievements in improving collaborative work management at your organization.ย
Category-specific recognition
- Collaboration: Celebrating teamwork that bridges gaps and unites teamsย
- Innovation: Honoring innovators who are leveraging customization and integrations to push the boundaries of project management
- Orchestration: Showcasing excellence in organizing, prioritizing, and managing work efficiently
- Analytics: Highlighting the power of insights and analytics in project management
- Results: Recognizing exceptional outcomes and impactful achievements
Benefits of being part of the Wrike Elite 100
- Exclusive recognition: Stand out as a leader in project management.
- Network with top performers: Connect with other customers in the Elite 100.
- Showcase your success: Gain visibility through our promotional channels and at the annual Wrike Collaborate conference.
- Unlock new opportunities: Enhance your professional profile.
๐ Exciting prizes and opportunities for winnersย ๐
Winners will be featured on Wrikeโs website, receive special edition Wrike swag and a custom-engraved trophy, and have the chance to speak at Wrike Collaborate 2024, enhancing their professional reputation.
๐ Awards ceremony details๐
We will host an exclusive virtual event with a special guest speaker in October 2024. All finalists will be invited to celebrate their achievements.
Key dates
- Nomination deadline:ย August 13, 2024
- Top 100 announcement: September 3, 2024
- Winners announcement: October 3, 2024
Need assistance?
For help with self-nomination or questions, contact your Wrike account team or Karilla Dyer at karilla.dyer@team.wrike.com.
Join the elite!
Share your success story and become part of the Wrike Elite 100. Fill out the submission form today!
Letโs celebrate those who lead the way in excellence and innovation. We canโt wait to celebrate your achievements!
Karilla Dyer Community Team at Wrike Wrike Product Manager En savoir plus sur les fonctionalitรฉs et les meilleures pratiques grace ร nos Webinaires online
Karilla Dyer Wrike Team member En savoir plus sur les fonctionalitรฉs et les meilleures pratiques grace ร nos Webinaires online
Can previous winners/submissions be viewed somewhere?
Laura Lysaght Since this is an inaugural awards program, we don't have submissions from previous winners to share; however, I have generated a sample submission to give you guidance on what a high quality submission would look like.ย
Hereโs a sample submission for the Orchestration Customer Award to guide Wrike customers who want to nominate themselves or a colleague. The answers demonstrate a strong case study approach, showcasing how Wrike was utilized to transform business processes, drive impact, and quantify results.
Full Name: Jane Doe
Email Address: jane.doe@example.com
Company Name: ABC Tech Solutions
Department: Project Management Office (PMO)
Focus: Digital Transformation and Process Optimization
Job Level: Director
# of people on the team: 25
# of years as a Wrike user: 5 years
Wrike experience: I use Wrike to manage work and projects across multiple teams
Country: USA
Describe a specific project or initiative where you or your team demonstrated mastery in organizing, prioritizing, and managing work using Wrikeโs capabilities.
Our team led a critical digital transformation project aimed at standardizing and automating our project management processes across 12 global departments. The goal was to streamline workflows, reduce project turnaround times by 30%, and improve cross-functional collaboration. Using Wrike, we developed a unified project management framework, ensuring consistency across all teams. Wrikeโs custom workflows, templates, and dashboards were instrumental in organizing tasks, setting priorities, and tracking progress in real-time. This allowed us to manage over 150 concurrent projects seamlessly, delivering 98% of them on or ahead of schedule.
How did Wrike help you ensure effective and efficient work management, promoting open communication and trust within your team and across departments during this project or initiative?
Wrike played a pivotal role in enhancing communication and transparency across our teams. We utilized Wrikeโs real-time activity stream and @mentions to foster open dialogue, ensuring that all stakeholders were informed of project developments as they happened. We also implemented Wrikeโs request forms to centralize project intake, which reduced miscommunication and aligned expectations from the outset. The visual task dependencies and Gantt charts provided clear visibility into project timelines, helping to build trust as everyone could see how their contributions fit into the larger picture. As a result, team satisfaction scores improved by 20%, and cross-departmental collaboration increased by 35%.
Explain how you used Wrike to foster a culture of teamwork and efficiency within your organization. Provide examples of how Wrike helped encourage collaboration among team members or across departments.
Wrike became the cornerstone of our collaborative efforts by integrating it with our existing communication tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams. This integration ensured that no task or discussion was siloed, and every team member had visibility into ongoing projects. We set up Wrikeโs collaborative workspaces, where team members could contribute ideas, share feedback, and document decisions in real-time. The ease of file sharing and editing within Wrike allowed us to reduce email dependency by 40% and increase collaborative task completion by 50%. Wrikeโs proofing tool enabled our marketing and design teams to streamline their review and approval process, cutting down the time to market for campaigns by 25%.
Describe any change management initiatives you led or supported, specifically focusing on how you used Wrike to improve collaboration, increase adoption, and enhance efficiency within your organization.
When we transitioned to Wrike, we implemented a comprehensive change management strategy to ensure smooth adoption. This included Wrike training sessions tailored to different user roles, the creation of a Wrike champions network, and the development of an internal Wrike knowledge base. To encourage adoption, we used Wrikeโs analytics and reports to showcase early wins and track user engagement. This transparent approach motivated teams to adopt Wrikeโs best practices. Consequently, Wrike adoption across departments reached 95% within six months, and the time spent on manual task tracking decreased by 60%, allowing our teams to focus more on strategic initiatives.
Share any innovative solutions (including integrations, processes, etc.) involving the use of Wrike that you implemented to streamline work management and enhance efficiency.
One innovative solution we developed was integrating Wrike with our ERP system. This integration automated the flow of project-related financial data, eliminating manual data entry and reducing errors by 85%. We also created custom Wrike dashboards that pulled data from various sources, providing a single source of truth for project KPIs. Additionally, we implemented Wrikeโs automation features to set up recurring tasks and reminders for routine project milestones, which improved on-time task completion by 30%. These innovations significantly streamlined our work management processes, enabling us to complete projects 20% faster.
Were you able to accelerate any strategic imperatives at your organization? What measurable business outcomes resulted from your efforts using Wrike?
Using Wrike, we were able to accelerate our companyโs strategic goal of becoming an industry leader in digital solutions. By streamlining our project management processes and improving cross-functional collaboration, we reduced project delivery times by 25%, which directly contributed to a 15% increase in customer satisfaction. Moreover, the improved efficiency and reduced operational costs led to a 12% increase in our profit margins within the first year of implementation. Wrikeโs role in these outcomes has been so impactful that it has become a critical component of our strategy for scaling operations globally.
Provide any additional information or examples that you believe showcase your exceptional skills in organizing, prioritizing, and managing work, and the effectiveness of Wrike in facilitating efficient work management within your organization.
Beyond our project management success, Wrike has been instrumental in our efforts to drive continuous improvement. Weโve used Wrikeโs advanced reporting features to conduct quarterly reviews of our workflows, identifying bottlenecks and areas for optimization. For example, by analyzing Wrikeโs workload reports, we identified an imbalance in task distribution among team members. We then restructured our teamโs responsibilities, which resulted in a 15% improvement in productivity. Wrikeโs flexibility allowed us to adapt quickly to changing project requirements, making it an invaluable tool in our quest for operational excellence.
Karilla Dyer Community Team at Wrike Wrike Product Manager En savoir plus sur les fonctionalitรฉs et les meilleures pratiques grace ร nos Webinaires online
Karilla Dyer Wrike Team member En savoir plus sur les fonctionalitรฉs et les meilleures pratiques grace ร nos Webinaires online