PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Some teams coordinate all of their activity through chat apps. However, when it comes to deliverables, there are certain roadblocks in these apps that can make you and your team members less productive.
One problem is that important messages would get lost in threads over time. It’s very hard to scroll up a conversation that has dozens of messages to find them. The search function may work, but what if you don’t know what to look for?
This is where Project Management software comes in. Think of Trello, Basecamp, or Asana. These apps combine communication with task assignment, delegation, setting deadlines, and many others.
With these apps, information is organised similar to online forums, where there are specific pages for specific topics. With this, the important things are much easier to find. This would also ensure that questions, comments, and suggestions are related to those topics only. That way, you would avoid having a mishmash of messages on the same thread.
CLOUD STORAGE
If your team were to work remotely, they would need a way to send, receive, and store files off-site. While email can work for this, it is just too cumbersome especially when your team regularly exchange files with each other. An example is when a single pitch deck gets updated often.
For a more efficient way to pass files amongst each other, cloud storage solutions like Dropbox or Google Drive are the best. With these, you can synchronise files across all members of your team. So if one person edits a document, everyone else can access that edited version.
Another advantage is that your files are stored in the cloud. So in case someone’s computer malfunctions, the files in the cloud are still there. Everyone else still has access to them.
Cloud storage solutions also have privacy settings. This way, you can restrict access to sensitive files to only a few people.
With these measures in place, you can protect your business from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. More so if you have the expertise of a managed IT services company by your side.
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