Automate the manual work in Pastel

FullSpec maps how Pastel fits into your day-to-day, finds the repetitive work worth automating, and gives you a clear plan to connect it with the rest of your tools.

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Pastel by the numbers

Insights from real process mapping sessions that involve Pastel.

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Top 5 Pastel friction points when done manually

Pastel task status updates lag behind reality

Team members forget to update task statuses in Pastel, so project managers spend hours tracking people down to learn what actually got done.

78% report this

Manual time entry into Pastel takes forever

Staff must manually log hours worked into Pastel at day or week end, creating duplicate data entry and constant back-and-forth corrections.

71% report this

Pastel budget vs actual reconciliation is tedious

You manually pull numbers from Pastel and spreadsheets each month to compare budgeted costs against actual spend, catching discrepancies by hand.

58% report this

Pastel client deliverables require manual tracking

You track which files and outputs belong to which Pastel project outside the system because Pastel does not store or link deliverables directly.

42% report this

Pastel resource allocation conflicts go unnoticed

You manually scan Pastel timelines to spot when the same person is assigned to overlapping tasks, catching scheduling problems only after they cause delays.

26% report this

Data points based on anonymized data from FullSpec mapping sessions

What you can automate in Pastel

Browse popular Pastel automations FullSpec can map for you. Pick one to map, see what it's costing you today, and get a plan to automate it end to end.