The more people working on one task, the harder it is to control them and to ensure the appropriate level of communication. But as they say, nothing is impossible. In this case, comes to the aid of the task Manager is a service that automates a significant part of the organizational moments. We offer to your attention the first part of the compilation of five of these programs – each with their own advantages and disadvantages.
Trello
Fast, simple, reliable – sounds like advertising Satyaloka, but it’s true. This program is equally effective for workflow and increase personal effectiveness. The interface of Trello is a system of tabs, boards, lists and cards to be very easy. If you want you can sync with other services. The program supports up to 30 tools, including Google Drive, Gmail, Evernote, etc.
Disadvantages:
• the system of boards, lists and cards. If their little – Trello is no price, but if the quantity of all these elements will increase (and when working with large projects it’s inevitable), you will have to spend a portion of the nerves, to understand this self-created labyrinth of the Faun;
• no Gantt charts.
“Bitrix24”
A very popular programme, hearing from many. Provides opportunities to users, in addition to functions assign and edit tasks. For example, in “Битриксе24” it is possible to arrange chats and make calls, store files in the cloud, to view the Gantt chart. It can also be integrated with other products of “Bitrix” .
Disadvantages:
• a complicated interface, you need to spend time to configure the entire set of functions;
• – track support;
• inconvenient implementation of the tool “Live tape” – it takes up too much space, sometimes interfering with the work.
Asana
Feature of this program is to elaborate a multi-level structure allows you to organize the work with the most complex projects. For example, you can divide the tasks into sub-sections, the so – called section. The author thanks will see what happens in each section without having to switch to them. Completed tasks can be sent to the archive. And still have the ability to put huskies, write comments, set deadlines, and tags. And let’s not forget about the integration with Dropbox and Google Drive – here it is available and works well.
Disadvantages:
• no Gantt chart;
• no Russian-language version;
• no full-fledged messenger.
Wrike
This online service. The external design of the menu is reminiscent of Asana. But the problems here are grouped by folders and projects, you can set deadlines and even create a separate workspace for each Department. When editing the captured files do not need to download them to your computer, and then back to add – an updated version of the document will automatically appear in Wrike. The program can connect to “Google Drive”, Dropbox, Box, Zapier. And then there’s cloud storage to 2 GB.
Disadvantages
• all the advantages of Wrike are only available after purchasing the paid version;
• no offline mode.
