There are a plethora of tools that can help a startup manage their work day efficiently and they all need to have a great PM tool for their success. It is imperative for a startup to manage their projects effectively and deliver them on time, within budget and quality. Entrepreneurs always juggle with multiple priorities and making use of all resources effectively is key to their success. This quote sums it up beautifully…”Either run the day, or the day runs you- Jim Rohn”.
Startups don’t want rigid processes and agility is key to their success and so they want project management tools which are easy to implement and don’t have a huge learning curve.
One of the key need and sometimes a challenge in a startup is the ability to have everyone on the same page. Making sure that everyone in the team is aware of the latest updates and communication is paramount in the PM tool.
A good PM tool should have an easy User Interface with intuitive use cases to make it easy to use. Also, integrations with other tools (eg: Email, Calendar, CRM, Dropbox) is an important factor to consider while making a decision. Also, tools should have a common knowledge repository with file sharing features.
Most importantly, the pricing of the tool should ideally offer a free plan for evaluation and should be value for money in terms of pricing offered for 1-50 employees.
Am sharing a list of tools that I have used and some upcoming ones (in no order):
1. Base Camp: Basecamp is an online collaboration app that lets people manage their work together and communicate with one another. You use it to keep track of all the tasks, deadlines, files, discussions, and announcements that happen around work.
2. Jira: Jira is a software application used for issue tracking and project management.
3. Asana: Asana is a software-as-a-service designed to improve team collaboration and work management. It helps teams manage projects and tasks in one tool. Teams can create projects, assign work to teammates, specify deadlines, and communicate about tasks directly in Asana.
4. TeamWork: Project Management for project planning, budgeting, time tracking.
5. LiquidPlanner : LiquidPlanner is an online tool for managing projects, tasks, and workers and their time.
6. Trello: Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.
7. Toggl Plan : Toggl Plan is a team management tool with a weekly team calendar
8. Monday Project Management : Monday is a Work Operating System (Work OS) that powers teams to run projects and workflows with confidence. It's a simple, but intuitive, Work OS for teams to shape workflows, adjust to shifting needs, create transparency, connect collaboratively,
9. Notion : Notion enables your design team to grow by setting a consistent process that still maintains quality work — all while fostering a culture of transparency.
10. Kerika: Kerika is task management for remote teams.
11. Odoo :The word Odoo is the acronym of On-Demand Open Object. Odoo is a large collection of business-related applications and modules like CRM, Sales management, E-commerce, Warehouse management, Purchase management, Accounting suit, Manufacturing management, HRMS
12. Kissflow : Kissflow is a cloud-based forms automation solution that automate business processes and tracks performance.
13. Nifty: Nifty is a new-wave project management tool that reduces project development cycles and improves team productivity by combining all of the important features of project management into one software. The end result is milestone-driven progress that keep teams inspired, insuring organisational goals remain on schedule.
14. Wrike :Wrike is an easy-to-use tool for streamlining the internal project management and collaboration processes between team members, whether they're in the same office or remote.
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