by InSource Editorial Team | May 6, 2016 | Opinion Poll
In last month’s poll on project prioritization and load balancing, 45% of respondents said they rely on their traffic manager to dole out the work and keep deadlines in check. Augmenting your staff with freelancers came in second with 37% of the vote. And tiering...
by Andrew Brenits | Aug 18, 2014 | Metrics Monday
Almost 3 quarters of in-house teams work less than 45 hrs per week. While 72% of creative leaders estimated their team members work less than 45 hours per week, only 55% of creative leaders indicated their team was appropriately staffed when considering full-time and...
by Andrew Brenits | Aug 11, 2014 | Metrics Monday
In-house managers struggle with time and budgets for training. 31% of creative leaders have very limited funding for training—the most critical component of a creative department’s non-personnel budget, as our team members must continue to develop their skills in...
by Andrew Brenits | Aug 4, 2014 | Metrics Monday
The size of in-house teams is growing! The number of small teams (teams of 10 people or less) has decreased by 10 percentage points (from 69% to 58%). Consequently, there has been growth in teams of 11 to 20 and 21 to 30 team members. Headcount growth has come in the...
by Cella Consulting | Feb 4, 2013 | From the Field
Business metrics is an area that is easy to talk about but not so easy to implement. If you ask someone for a definition, they will probably tell you that, ‘metrics are the quantifiable measures of your business performance’, or something to that effect. And, while...