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Webinar January 30- 2 types of boards, recent updates, Q&A time

We’re introducing a recurring webinar for everyone who wants to know more about Kanban- both Kanban methods as they apply to MSPs, and Kanban the board application from TopLeft.

30 Jan

Cherry-picking Tickets Hurts Your Clients

Allowing your team to cherry-pick tickets or tasks on their list hurts your clients, and you may not even realize this is going on. We know this kind of issue by experience, and that’s one of the reasons why we’ve...

11 Jan

Why Technicians Use TopLeft

Nobody said engineering at an MSP was easy. As if the day-to-day responsibility of handling helpdesk tickets and projects was not enough, technicians and engineers who use ConnectWise or Autotask also have to struggle...

5 Jan

Are you feeling micromanaged? Here is why- and what to do about it

Are you an engineer or a technician working for an MSP? And are you feeling micromanaged? Technician micromanagement at MSPs doesn’t get enough coverage, even though it cripples teamwork and performance.

18 Nov

3 Tips for improving project visibility for MSPs

If you feel that you are answering the same basic questions over and over, your team members aren’t engaging with projects. If there is confusion about deadlines, deliverables, and workflow, you, as a project manager,...

2 Sep

How to bring your project visibility to the next level?

As a project manager, you know how important project visibility is. You are always working with many projects simultaneously and are full of information that probably no one else has.

19 Aug

New Subscription Plan, Pricing, and Licensing

TopLeft is excited to announce a new subscription plan for those who need the visibility offered by Kanban boards but don’t need to accelerate technician’s day-to-day work. It’s offered at half the price of the full...

4 May

New Features- Edit Tickets and Automatically Rank Cards

We want you to be able to work faster and more confidently in your MSP, so we’re adding a couple of exciting capabilities to TopLeft.

3 May

Need to see your Autotask PSA data in Trello? Try this Kanban board instead

Many people use Trello to manage their work. It excels in areas as varied as managing tasks in small-to-medium size projects to personal to-do lists.

4 Feb

How good is your multitasking? Try this simple game to find out

In the modern world, multitasking is common and everyone thinks they're good at it. You're able to frequently switch between a variety of tasks without getting distracted or slowing down, right?

21 Jan

Are you making use of both key types of Kanban boards?

The simplest possible Kanban board has columns for Todo, Doing, and Done. This basic layout is used as an example wherever Kanban techniques are taught. It’s an example of a general board, one that tracks any type of...

7 Jan

Knock Out Waste in Your MSP- the 7 Kanban Wastes

Get ready to knock out waste in your MSP! For a long time manufacturers using Kanban have used the 7 Kanban Wastes to identify and eliminate waste in their processes. Did you know MSPs can use the same framework to...

12 Nov

Project Management with Kanban- for MSPs

Ever been frustrated with project management in ConnectWise or Autotask? Yeah- we were too.

25 Sep

TopLeft: The ConnectWise-Compatible Alternate to MS Planner

More and more project-focused MSPs are using Microsoft Planner. Planner is a visual tool for arranging work items in columns, showing how work is progressing through a pipeline of work in the team. It’s a form of Kanban...

27 Aug
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