Managing your projects like a pro
Sandra Arevalo
Founder & CEO
It is well-known that successful project management is key to reach your goals and keep working relationships with your clients and collaborators in the long run.
Delivering your work at the right quality, at the right time and within the assigned budget shouldn’t be a utopia. It can be your regular operation mode if you use the right methods and tools. Want to know how? Here the 4 pillars to manage your projects like a pro:
ESTIMATION
It is critical for your success as a freelancer to learn how to make reasonable estimations of:
- The tasks required to reach the objectives of a project
- The resources needed to complete the job
- The time it takes to perform every activity
- The costs associated with each activity
OBJECTIVE
ALIGNMENT
TOOLS
There are many project management tools on the market (check this list of the more than 1,000 alternatives available in 2021). How to choose the best for you?
The simple answer is the one that best responds to your needs. For example, if you’re in the healthcare industry, you may need Medical Practice Management Software. If you choose to combine several tools, it is essential to check that they can work together efficiently. And if you are having problems with accounting tasks, you might want to use this Quickbooks enterprise software. You may go here for more info.
Beware your clients and collaborators may be using a tool already. Your adaptability will make a difference to merge with the team seamlessly. The more tools you know, the easier the kick-off will be.
Here our selection of the most popular tools. Take your time to explore them further as needed:
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The idea behind Trello is deceptively simple. It replicates a Kanban board, but you can see the information also as cards or lists. With Trello, a team can quickly visualise the status of a project and any outstanding tasks. In addition, it allows integration and automation focused on relieving the burden of administrative duties in project management, such as updating delivery dates or sending emails. Trello has been the tool of choice by independent workers and 100% remote teams like Wisar.
is one of the veterans of the online project management tools. Since its launch in 1999, they have accumulated 3 million users, among which are the teams at Quartz and Shopify. That experience has allowed them to create a complete, useful, and user-centred tool. There are lists of tasks, messages, calendars, document and file management, chat, notifications and reports. It is even possible to give the client limited access to share lists of tasks and messages.
the teams can start with a project template or create their custom workflow. Jira issues, also known as tasks, track each work that passes through the workflow steps to completion. Jira’s automation engine enables teams to automate tasks and processes easily. With all project information in one place, reports can also be generated to track progress, productivity and ensure nothing slips.
It is a flexible and adaptable workspace to create virtually anything. Its objective is to centralise all work in one application, being a widely-used tool by both freelancers and companies with teams working remotely. You can create lists of tasks and visualise them in one click as a calendar or as a Kanban board. It also allows you to create spreadsheets and databases, notes, documents, and wikis to document projects and processes.
an open platform that brings teams together with custom-built solutions to break communication barriers, move projects forward, and align everyone involved. Easily access all progress updates, budget approvals, and more on one platform and see where all of your team’s work stands at a glance.
With specific project management functions, it allows you to create a list of tasks and add reminders, view a project calendar and a Kanban board with all pending and completed tasks. It also has its version of Gantt charts. Asana has been the tool of choice by companies like Airbnb and Typeform.
includes all the features needed to plan, collaborate, organise, and deliver projects on time. It helps teams work together with all the tools put under one roof; no wonder companies like Netflix, Google, Tripadvisor, Nike (and even NASA) have decided to use it.
In our ever evolving scenario, it’s important to keep your eyes and ears open to learn new tools to boost your productivity.
For example, if you’re mostly dedicated to visual design, a tool like Zipboard could be interesting to explore being 100% designed to collaborate and markup on web pages, courses, videos, HTML, PDFs and images.
Another tool brought to our attention lately is Hubstaff Tasks, optimised for Agile teams to enhance team collaboration and communication.
As said, adaptability, constant exploration and discovery are the keys. Enjoy finding your dream tool(s)!
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