How Kanbanchi Helps NIHR To Manage Every Work Process
Today, we would like to share a story about our favorite customers, who have been loyal to us for many years now. Meet NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) – the largest national clinical research network in the United Kingdom. It is operating as part of the UK government’s health research strategy, “Best Research for Best Health.”
How NIHR uses Kanbanchi to Manage Every Work Process
Together, NIHR people, facilities, and systems have driven research from bench to bedside for the benefit of patients and the economy since 2006.
The main objectives of the Institute are:
- Funding high-quality research to improve health
- Training and supporting health researchers
- Providing world-class research facilities
- Working with the life sciences industry and charities to benefit all
- Involving patients and the public at every step
Of course, there are many tools and methods that their employees use in their day-to-day work. One of the critical fields of high importance for NIHR is project management.
In 2015, the NIHR began exploring opportunities to adopt a collaborative approach and transparent workflow management. The entire Institute decided to adopt Google Workspace as the primary instance for collaboration and data sharing. This was a significant transformation at all levels of the company, and it brought the awaited results. Processes started running more smoothly and fast.
Searching For The Right Tool
However, there was still a need for a project management tool that could be well-integrated with Google Workspace. Even though the data sharing need was now fulfilled, a significant gap still existed between Microsoft Project Management for managing projects and controlling workflow, and a new approach to collaboration with Google Workspace. In other words, the NIHR needed something that could integrate seamlessly with Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, and the entire Google Workspace suite.
So, the search continued. Many tools were compared and tested until they found Kanbanchi. It is the app that will change your approach to project management forever. Kanbanchi has been thoroughly compared to other tools. After that, its integration with Google Workspace, alongside the flexibility of the app that could be set up for the needs of every department, was found to be precisely what NIHR needed.
Kanabnchi enables its users to accomplish tasks on any device and in real-time. For NIHR, it provided a collaborative environment for teams. And has also ensured that personalization is easy, so that everyone receives only the most relevant information for themselves or the whole team.
Kanbanchi’s Integration with Google
As many of you are aware, Kanbanchi is an app that complements Google Workspace applications and is integrated into Google’s infrastructure. This Google integration allows you to give flexible access permissions to your colleagues. Moreover, you can create events in your Google Calendar, attach forms and sheets to the cards, and much more. Kanbanchi offers features such as a Kanban board, Gantt Chart, Time Tracker, and Reports for its users. That is why NIHR chose our app among other competitors.
Kanbanchi can also help you to organize your team, plan and control your workflow, analyze performance, and achieve your business goals. It is easy to use, highly visual, and fully integrated into Google Workspace, allowing you to stay productive anywhere, at any time, with any mobile device.
How NIHR Uses Kanbanchi Today
Nowadays, Kanbanchi is one of the official project management tools in NIHR. It is used widely across the organization, from research and IT departments to the medical facilities and nurses. It is the tool that helps people manage almost every work process that they have. Meanwhile, people at NIHR use the app very differently; some of them need it daily to check their tasks, while others use it for strategic monthly planning. A Gantt chart is one of the most demanded features across NIHR.
Introducing Kanbanchi as an official tool has been a significant step toward greater transparency within the organization. However, this could now be considered a highly successful experiment. Only in the first year of usage did the number of users grow three times, and by 2025, it increased ten times.
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Why Kanbanchi May Be a Good Choice for You
Kanbanchi provides users with a collaborative environment for any team. In addition, Kanbanchi has all of the features you need to run any project and focus on the work itself. We wanted to build a project management app that you can use from both desktop and mobile devices and integrates with Google Workspace. Kanbanchi is a perfect project management tool that lets you create visual cards on Kanban boards. You can create multiple boards in one account, collaborate online with colleagues, manage tasks, and plan campaigns.