What is it?
Developed by Timber Software, Bamboo increases productivity and minimizes miscommunication by giving you up-to-date visibility into your team.
Bamboo is a enterprise communication service that allows users to post status updates. Status updates can be about the past, present, or future. That is, what tasks they have completed, what actions they are currently doing, or what they hope to do.
When sharing updates, you create visibility for your day-to-day work. Your co-workers, and more importantly your manager, will see the value you bring to work. Just like Twitter or Facebook, updates take mere seconds. It’s not the dreaded, time-consuming TPS report.
When reading updates, you’ll better understand what’s going on around you, especially in large organizations. Discover new ideas and unheard-of work streams. By keeping a better pulse on your organization, you’ll be more productive at work.
Tap into the company grapevine. Share what you’re up to. Learn what others are doing.
If you’re a manager, you need Bamboo.
Information is power, and it’s even more true for managers. Effective team management is about COMMUNICATION. However, information is orphaned in email inboxes, 1:1 water cooler discussions, and faded napkin backs. To get work done, you need information. And sometimes, you just can’t find it.
Another challenge: work moves quickly in today’s’ world. The weekly status report from the 80s and 90s just can’t keep up. What happened on Monday can’t be revealed the following week. In a wired world, you can’t wait. You must know NOW.
Bamboo is ideal for teams, especially teams that are geographically dispersed.
How does it work?
Create an account, join a project — and you’re ready to share. Type in something you are either: doing, want to do, or have done. Press ‘ENTER’ to share with your team, and read your team’s feed.