05-28-2022, 12:43 AM
I'm wrapping up a project for work. I'm realizing that for this type of project, managing various types of communication and tracking of deliverables is a big task. Here's the scenario:
For the sake of the story, let's say I'm building a website. In this case, there are 2-4 people I work with on the project:
1. My client. Could include 1-3 people in the roles of: designer/project manager/client relationship management.
2. Me - I take the reins of figuring out all the objectives/functionality from my client and turn that into a website.
3. My development partner(s). Usually 1 but sometimes 2 people that I use to help me build the website.
My client will never talk with my development partner. So I'm kind of the hub with a couple spokes connecting to me.
Through the course of the project, I'll have a list of items that need to be done in order to complete the project. My client may add things to the list. I may add things to the list. Anyone involved, from my client, to me, to my development partner, could take care of the to-do's on the list.
Right now this process is painfully managed by me primarily through email. This inevitably leads to things getting missed, long reply chains of back and forth talk/questions/comments about certain to-do's, and just a lot of shuffling stuff from one "spoke" to another. It seems a bit inefficient.
So I have started thinking about looking for some sort of to-do tool that can be browser based (It could even be some sort of tool that I can host on some web space) that offers a reasonably straightforward way for my team to collaborate on a project.
Anybody have any tips for something like this?
For the sake of the story, let's say I'm building a website. In this case, there are 2-4 people I work with on the project:
1. My client. Could include 1-3 people in the roles of: designer/project manager/client relationship management.
2. Me - I take the reins of figuring out all the objectives/functionality from my client and turn that into a website.
3. My development partner(s). Usually 1 but sometimes 2 people that I use to help me build the website.
My client will never talk with my development partner. So I'm kind of the hub with a couple spokes connecting to me.
Through the course of the project, I'll have a list of items that need to be done in order to complete the project. My client may add things to the list. I may add things to the list. Anyone involved, from my client, to me, to my development partner, could take care of the to-do's on the list.
Right now this process is painfully managed by me primarily through email. This inevitably leads to things getting missed, long reply chains of back and forth talk/questions/comments about certain to-do's, and just a lot of shuffling stuff from one "spoke" to another. It seems a bit inefficient.
So I have started thinking about looking for some sort of to-do tool that can be browser based (It could even be some sort of tool that I can host on some web space) that offers a reasonably straightforward way for my team to collaborate on a project.
Anybody have any tips for something like this?