Avram Penner asks:
I work for a small non-profit organization that is hampered by constantly emailing various versions of files back and forth, often with people working on outdated versions of documents.
I’m looking for a good (cheap) way to both collaborate on documents in real time and share documents in ‘projects’ to help keep everyone on the same page and on task. Ideally this would allow us to assign to-dos (or at least keeps lists of them) within individual projects.
I’ve been poking around but I’m:
a) not 100% sure what the best applications/solutions are, and
b) not entirely sure how to go about customizing an application like this once we decide to move forward.
Any guidance/insight would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Avram
New Orleans, LA
System: Windows-based Organization
Tagged: best service, best software, collaboration, project manager
Tagged: best service, best software, collaboration, project manager
14 Answers -
Philip Moynagh
August 7, 2012Check out BrightWork. We use it so our organisation doesn’t manage projects on email and excel. They work on SharePoint which allows you to collaborate on your documents, and then gives insights to team members to see the progress of their work, with status updates, reporting, and gantt charts.
Philip Moynagh
August 7, 2012http://www.brightwork.com/index.htm
Bruce Epper
August 7, 2012Google Drive will allow online collaboration including simultaneous editing of documents so you are always seeing the most up-to-date version. Zoho Docs offers similar functionality (without simultaneous editing – it uses Check-in/out instead) and now has a Tasks feature to help streamline assigning and monitoring task completion for individuals in the group.
Dhan
August 8, 2012Hi Avram,
I would suggest, have a look at ZilicusPM http://www.zilicus.com
- It offers document management feature, team can work with latest documents, one can organize documents with online folders. It is works well with Google Docs.
- It has robust task management, issue tracking features along with online project calendar, dashboard, gantt chart & reporting capabilities.
Hope this helps.
Hank Roze
August 13, 2012Try HappyTODOS, a perfect web based online project management for you. Sign up now and see what features it has on offer.
Website: http://www.happytodos.com
Mark Lee
August 13, 2012Try HappyTODS, a new web based online project management tool, designed to give you easy access to manage your projects. Its cheap but has some outstanding features. Sign up and see yourself as they offer a 15 day free trail. After that pay as you go service.
Thanks.
Website: http://www.happytodos.com
TXTNLRN Dan
August 14, 2012Hello,
Zoho project.
It extremely scalable. Free to start with.
it has many other apps too
Karen Beck
August 15, 2012I haven’t seen a solution better than Teamlab – http://www.teamlab.com
1) Free
2) Enables to create teams and projects, assign tasks to team members and keep track of progress.
3) Gives you a good collaboration platform – forums, polls, chat, photo albums , bookmarks, events, calendar.
4) Great online office app in the sense of creating, editing, sharing and storing documents directly in the portal.
Hope, you’ll enjoy it as much as we do.
Good luck
Ryan Smith
August 16, 2012There are thousands of document collaboration tools out there. There are a variety of options available with varying degrees of requirements for software installation, server management and maintenance. It’s a matter of deciding which option best fits your business model and, of course, your budget. To get a better insight, you should read http://blog.accusoft.com/posts/2012/august/why-should-you-invest-in-document-collaboration-tools.html
venkatp16
August 29, 2012google docs has that feature… try it once
venkatp16
August 29, 2012sorry google apps…
Natasha Rutterford
August 31, 2012Hi Avram
I might be able to help as I work for a company which produces this sort of software. Depending on what you need we have a very generous free version and the paid packages arent very much at all. Also we always like helping out not-for-profits!
Send me an email ton let me know more about what you need and I shall see what I can do.
Natasha
shams
September 14, 2012I advice you to use Podio : the basic plan is free and it has a social platform look.
Marianna Mills
September 17, 2012We are a small IT company and use the product http://www.teamwox.com, you can try it, maybe it suits you. Or you can look for other systems.