AtTask Helps Spear One Manage Agency Bandwidth--Allowing Them to Set Reliable Customer Expectations, Reduce Overtime and Consistently Deliver Successful Campaigns

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Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:31am EDT

With Repeatable Processes AtTask Takes the Guesswork out of New Initiatives,
Enabling Spear One to Efficiently Manage Agency Workflow, Outperform Their
Competitors and Do More with Current Resources
OREM, Utah--(Business Wire)--
Spear One, a Dallas, Texas-based full-service meetings and incentives firm,
chose AtTask (www.attask.com), the world`s most popular project and portfolio
management (PPM) solution, to manage customer expectations, reduce overtime
expenses and build consistency into all marketing programs--enabling them to
outperform competitors and deliver maximum value to clients. 

"Managing customer expectations is always a challenge in an aggressive marketing
firm," says Jason Neal, IT Director for Spear One. "AtTask has been great for
measuring bandwidth and capacity, which allows our account executives to give
reliable and achievable projections to our customers." 

"Successfully managing capacity and repeatable processes is critical in an
economic climate demanding that organizations consistently deliver more with
less," says Scott Johnson, CEO of AtTask. "AtTask helps companies maintain
profitability and competitiveness by helping them template successful processes,
collaborate efficiently, accurately forecast project completion dates, and
enable top-to-bottom visibility on every initiative." 

Spear One needed a workflow management solution that would allow them to
maximize their resources and provide complete visibility throughout the
lifecycle of each individual initiative. This enables the sales team to
effectively manage the pipeline of new projects into the agency workflow and
help clients set realistic expectations for each project. By giving account
managers backlog visibility that was previously unavailable, AtTask makes it
possible for Spear One to reduce overtime by more efficiently allocating
resources. 

"I consider our implementation of AtTask to be a huge success," says Neal.
"AtTask enables us to create repeatable processes that take the guesswork out of
new initiatives. Regardless of the program, campaign or manager, AtTask allows
us to consistently deliver a successful product." 

AtTask Q1 2009 Highlights

* AtTask finishes another record-breaking quarter with 183 new customers and
140% year-over-year increase in Q1 2009 bookings
* AtTask February Update 2009 allows business leaders to align strategic vision
and objectives with project selection and execution enterprisewide 
* AtTask named best on-demand project management solution by TopTenREVIEWS for
the third consecutive year 
* AtTask recognized by Utah Valley BusinessQ in their UV50 listing of fastest
growing companies as #4 with three-year growth of 387% 
* AtTask continues to build a strong, experienced management team with the
addition of Kevin Hayden, Chief Marketing Officer, and Michael Olson, Chief
Financial Officer

About AtTask, Inc.

AtTask (http://www.attask.com) is the project and portfolio management (PPM)
solution that focuses all knowledge workers on those activities that make them
and their company more effective, innovative, and competitive. Its
platform-independent and multilingual solution increases efficiency for small-
to medium-sized businesses and Fortune 500 companies across the globe. AtTask's
clients include American Airlines, Boeing, CBS, Chevron, Cisco Systems, GE
Healthcare, Google, HBO, Johnson & Johnson, Newsweek, Samsung, Toyota, Walt
Disney, and Whirlpool. 

About Spear One

Spear One (http://www.spearone.com) is a full-service meetings and incentives
firm that produces customized marketing programs with excellence and
flexibility. For over a decade, Spear One has partnered with Fortune 1000
companies to create innovative incentive award programs, memorable events, and
response-generating promotions. 

AtTask 2009 User Conference--May 13-15, 2009

The two-day AtTask user conference, Taking Care of Business, will include
product training, one-on-one consultations, case studies, breakout sessions, and
keynote presentations from industry analysts, PPM experts, and AtTask customers
like Trane, Hanes, and Rawlings. Online registration is available at:
www.attask.com/userconference. 





AtTask
Kevin Hayden, 801-734-6687
Chief Marketing Officer
kevin.hayden@attask.com



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