The World is currently being affected by Covid-19, businesses are shutting down, employees have been asked to work from home and transport companies have stopped working due to border closures between states.
Just recently, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Ezenwo Wike, said he will be closing borders. This means that they will be a gross reduction in inter-state trade in the Country.
Notwithstanding our team has come up with five (5) Remote Collaboration Tools some service and product-based businesses can employ to become more productive. We have thoroughly tested these platforms, their features and cost implications for set up. In no special order, they include:
Monday.com
monday.com is a work operating system that enables organizations to build custom workflow apps in a code-free environment. It is a cloud-based work operating system offering a simplified way for brands to manage any team and any project while creating a more transparent work culture. It helps brands assign projects to staff members, set their due dates, sync due dates with their Google Calendar and do many more activities that can help brands improve productivity.
ProofHub
ProofHub is an online project management software that is trusted by hundreds of remote teams to bring everything at one place. Team members can have seamless interactions with fellow teammates and clients. ProofHub comes with a plenty of features such as online proofing, discussions, chat to share feedback and remote project management only at a central place. ProofHub being an all-in-one remote project management software is a must-have for teams that demand a greater level of management proficiency.
BaseCamp
Basecamp is a popular choice among managers, teams, freelancers, and agencies for its simple functionality, clean design, and elegant usability. It’s a project management and team collaboration software solution that helps you manage projects and communicate with clients in a meaningful way.
It offers a range of features and tools for sharing ideas, organizing conversations, and keeping everyone on the same page throughout the project.
Instagantt
Instagantt is a powerful project management software that helps you visually plan, control, and schedule your projects. It’s a lot more than just a Gantt chart creator. When giving it a try, you’ll quickly notice you’re working with a super intuitive and beautifully built software that allows you to develop an accurate illustration of your projects.
Communication is also a huge part of Instagantt. This software allows you to streamline your entire workflow and collaborate with your team members, making it a perfect fit for remote working, too. Instagantt also comes with plenty of useful features such as the ability to create tasks and subtasks, templates for different types of projects, guidelines, milestones, notifications, baselines, critical path, and automatic project scheduling, all of which promote the feeling of being 100% sure of what’s going on with your projects at all times.
Slack
Slack is a messaging remote work tool that everybody loves. A digital space that helps in communication among teammates, allow them to share ideas, share comment in real time so everything moves swiftly. You can have all your team communication in one place wherever you go with a remote collaboration tool. When the teams are remote, they can use Slack channels for instant messaging and collaboration. It will bring all your team communication in one place making managing remote employees a lot easy. Slack offers fully native apps for iOS and Android to give you complete functionality.
At PEFA Solutions, we set up any of these tools for high-growth start-ups and train their teams. We understand that not all businesses can go 100% remote, especially in this period. We shall run a feasibility studies and macroeconomic analysis on businesses to ascertain how profitable and economically feasible their operations will be. We shall also develop new marketing plans and strategies to achieve high growth even during this period.
For enquiries and calls, please reach out to us on 09056289995 or 07068309860. Emails are welcomed too. Send an email to info@pefasolutions.com for more info.
We wish you the best. Please, stay safe and keep your business alive.