I know that most of the small businesses are still doing all the stuff online and they don’t even realize how much more they could do if they would just stop and think for a minute how simple and free tools could literally speaking boost there productivity. I don’t want to tell about some project management software (and why, oh why people think that project management software is hard to learn? there is a learning curve for everything), instead lets take a look at Google Docs. For those who are already using some PM or collaboration tool to organize yourself and your team you can skip this article, this for beginners.
What do you need? All You need is a Google account(sign up for google mail called Gmail if you haven’t done that already). Now of course it would be a shame if we would leave Google Calendar outside the boat. So now we have everything we need to start. Actually a more correct expression i guess would be getting organized and collaborative then project management with G Docs, because you won’t find features like time tracking, automatic chart and reports, project dashboards, notifications, reminders etc.
The most powerful feature of Google Docs is that it allows multiple users to edit the same documents in real time, so for collaborative purposes it really useful: change documents, review, brainstorm. Of course this fits only for small teams, because you don’t have the option to roll back changes like for example in wiki. Check my post about why like wikis as well if you are interested.
Use Google Docs to update on your project progress each week(source):
We create a separate document for each member of the team.
Each document is shared with all other members.
At the top of each document, we enter the week-ending date, along with the categories Achieved, Not Achieved, and Priorities.
We updated our progress in these three categories throughout the week.
At the end of the week, we each just add a horizontal line (page separator) to the top of the document and start over, again entering the week-ending date, and the three categories.
It would be a good idea creating and sharing templates, this will speed up document management and collaboration and it will allow to avoid mistakes. Of course wiki would be much better for this task, but still it is a good idea just to have some templates for the most common task and documents that you are using. Of course don’t forget to check already available templates (the collection is really great, you can find project templates, gantt charts, goals, to-do lists etc.). You can read more about tracking projects with Google Spreadsheets templates here.
One more big feature is that you have an online office suite for free, and don’t even need a desktop application if you have high speed internet. Google Docs and Calendar might not be enough for a full features project management, but it is definitely a good free solution for small teams. There are loads of free tools that you can use for your small business or yourself, it is all about the attitude, I like the saying “Just Do It” - so simple and yet so powerful, it can actually be used as a project management technique, but ,well, that’s a whole another story :)) Stay tuned
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