{"id":1536,"date":"2018-10-30T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2020-07-31T23:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:29:22","slug":"collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration Technologies for Productive Teams in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most important (and popular) skills managers today have to learn is having their team <\/span><b>collaborate effectively<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. From online meetings to sharing files, tracking tasks, monitoring timelines and sending out messages, there are simply <\/span><b>too many things<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> going on in a modern workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing it all can be a very daunting task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, modern technology has lived up to the challenge, and there are many <\/span><b>collaboration tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available that can take care of the various processes that go on at a typical workplace. Teams need to <\/span><b>talk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to each other, <\/span><b>share resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>assign tasks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>monitor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> progress. It is important that all this collaboration is made as effortless and effective as possible for <\/span><b>maximizing the productivity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of your company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we will take a look at some of the most popular and effective <\/span><b>collaboration technologies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>productive teams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>2018<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_55 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-69dec4eb028b6\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-69dec4eb028b6\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69dec4eb028b6\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#Communication\" title=\"Communication\">Communication<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#1_Slack\" title=\"1. Slack\">1. Slack<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#2_Skype\" title=\"2. Skype\">2. Skype<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#3_Yammer\" title=\"3.\u00a0Yammer\">3.\u00a0Yammer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#4_HeySpace\" title=\"4. HeySpace \n\">4. HeySpace \n<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#Design\" title=\"Design\">Design<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#5_Sketch\" title=\"5. Sketch\">5. Sketch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#6_InVision\" title=\"6. InVision\">6. InVision<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#7_Drawio\" title=\"7. Draw.io\">7. Draw.io<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#Documentation\" title=\"Documentation\">Documentation<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#8_Office_Online\" title=\"8. Office Online\">8. Office Online<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#9_Google_Docs\" title=\"9. Google Docs\">9. Google Docs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#10_Dropbox_Paper\" title=\"10. Dropbox Paper\">10. Dropbox Paper<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#11_Evernote\" title=\"11. Evernote\">11. Evernote<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#File_Sharing\" title=\"File Sharing\">File Sharing<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#12_OneDrive\" title=\"12. OneDrive\">12. OneDrive<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#13_Dropbox\" title=\"13. Dropbox\">13. Dropbox<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#14_Mega\" title=\"14. Mega\">14. Mega<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#Project_Management\" title=\"Project Management\">Project Management<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#15_Asana\" title=\"15. Asana\">15. Asana<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#16_Jira\" title=\"16. Jira\">16. Jira<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#17_Orgzit\" title=\"17. Orgzit\">17. Orgzit<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#Source_control_software\" title=\"Source control (software)\">Source control (software)<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#18_GitHub\" title=\"18. GitHub\">18. GitHub<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#19_BitBucket\" title=\"19. BitBucket\">19. BitBucket<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#20_Abstract\" title=\"20. Abstract\">20. Abstract<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/collaboration-technologies-for-productive-teams\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Communication\"><\/span><strong>Communication<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most important aspect of team collaboration is <\/span><b>communication<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Unfortunately, a lot of teams are still using emails to communicate with each other. Imagine how much time is wasted reading unwanted emails, crafting replies, waiting for responses and making sure everyone concerned is CCd in. There are many great tools that can improve this process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Slack\"><\/span><strong>1. Slack<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-slack.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1539\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-slack.png\" alt=\"slack screenshot\" width=\"792\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-slack.png 792w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-slack-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-slack-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slack is currently the tool of choice for many offices today for their collaboration needs. It is fast replacing Skype for instant messaging within the workspace. Slack provides a channel-based approach to team communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best features of Slack is its ability to integrate with dozens of other well-known software. For example, if you want to share files with team-mates, there is Google Drive integration available that can back files up to your cloud drive. You can integrate your Calendar into Slack, and have the Slackbot remind your team of upcoming events. Furthermore, Slack can also integrate with tools such as Timedoctor to provide alerts when a team member has started working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part is, Slack is free with search\u00a0functionality for only up to <\/span><b>10,000 messages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which makes it one of the best <\/span><b>must-have<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> collaboration tools in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Skype\"><\/span><strong>2. Skype<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-skype.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1540\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-skype-1024x641.png\" alt=\"skype desktop screenshot\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-skype.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-skype-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-skype-768x481.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skype remains the pioneer of voice\/video calling and conferencing. It may not be as advanced as Slack, but Skype has been around for much longer and has worked on improving its call feature greatly. Slack also has a voice calling option, but it is not as good as Skype\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skype is also great for sharing your screen with teammates during a video call.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Yammer\"><\/span><strong>3.\u00a0Yammer<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-yammer.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-yammer.png\" alt=\"yammer community screenshot\" width=\"613\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-yammer.png 613w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-yammer-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yammer is a private social networking tool that can help teams collaborate amongst themselves across various departments. Designed for companies with a lot of employees, Yammer lets you create groups within it for specific teams. Employees can talk within these groups or globally. A post is exactly like a Facebook update, which may be set to global or restricted to a specific group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tools such as Yammer contribute to building the overall environment and culture of your organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_HeySpace\"><\/span><strong>4. HeySpace<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1542\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4-heyspace.png\" alt=\"heyspace community screenshot\" width=\"960\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4-heyspace.png 960w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4-heyspace-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4-heyspace-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HeySpace has an interface very similar to Slack, but while Slack focuses on messaging and communication, HeySpace turns towards team communication, task collaboration and basic project management. It is a great, simplistic UI that is easy to use, and provides a lot of features for <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As such, it is a perfect tool for startup companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Design\"><\/span><strong>Design<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what type of industry you work in. If you work at an office, chances are that you will work with, or will need to communicate with people who work with, design tools. Teams need to create flowcharts, presentations, graphics, explainer videos, demonstrations, and so on. Here are some great collaborative design tools your team can benefit from.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Sketch\"><\/span><strong>5. Sketch<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-sketch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1543\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-sketch-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"sketch design software\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-sketch-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-sketch-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-sketch-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-sketch.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sketch is a very popular app used by UX designers for deliverables. Its real power lies in reusing design elements that a designer has once created, so you don\u2019t have to repeat everything again. Sketch is a pretty intuitive design application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another major advantage to using Sketch is that its files can be <\/span><b>version controlled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using third-party platforms such as Abstract. This allows you to easily keep designs backed up with their edit history maintained, allowing your team to seamlessly collaborate over design files.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_InVision\"><\/span><strong>6. InVision<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-invision.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1544\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-invision-1024x572.png\" alt=\"invision collaborative design software\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-invision-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-invision-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-invision-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-invision.png 1817w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InVision is a professional grade prototyping tool that allows teams to create designs and bring them to life through interactive elements such as button clicks. Designers can get feedback from colleagues and customers from within InVision. All your projects are managed from a single dashboard, and you can also integrate two projects to create one seamless design experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Drawio\"><\/span><strong>7. Draw.io<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7-draw-io.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1545\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7-draw-io.png\" alt=\"draw.io cloud design software\" width=\"978\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7-draw-io.png 978w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7-draw-io-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7-draw-io-768x472.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Draw.io is a great free tool for creating flowcharts, diagrams, software artifact drawings, illustrations and so on. It seamlessly integrates with OneDrive or Google Drive, allowing you to create as many drawings as you want for free. The user interface is pretty intuitive and allows designers to quickly create wireframes or flow diagrams for demonstration purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Documentation\"><\/span><strong>Documentation<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Office_Online\"><\/span><strong>8. Office Online<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8-office-online.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1546\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8-office-online-1024x580.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Office Online\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8-office-online-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8-office-online-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8-office-online-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8-office-online.png 1105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Microsoft Office<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is hands-down the best Office suite available in the market right now, and Microsoft Word and Excel are subsequently the most used tools for creating documents and spreadsheets respectively. Office Online takes things online, where you don\u2019t need to have Microsoft Office installed on your computer, and multiple people can work on a single document at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If an Office document is shared with two people, and they both have OneDrive sync enabled, they can make edits right into their Office applications (Word, Excel) simultaneously, and each would be able to see what the other is doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Google_Docs\"><\/span><strong>9. Google Docs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/9-google-docs.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1547\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/9-google-docs.png\" alt=\"Google Docs screenshot\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/9-google-docs.png 640w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/9-google-docs-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Docs is one of the most convenient forms of sharing documents online. Although not as advanced as Microsoft\u2019s Office suite, Google Docs does allow quick creation of documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Furthermore, document sharing is extremely simple and easy, and just like Office Online, multiple people can work on the same documents at a time in Google Docs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Dropbox_Paper\"><\/span><strong>10. Dropbox Paper<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/10-dropbox-paper.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1548\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/10-dropbox-paper-1024x599.jpg\" alt=\"Dropbox Paper for collaborative document creation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/10-dropbox-paper-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/10-dropbox-paper-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/10-dropbox-paper-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/10-dropbox-paper.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dropbox Paper is an offering by Dropbox that allows teams to work in real-time alongside each other on documents, spreadsheets and so on. Paper is free for Dropbox users, and since there are so many Dropbox users out there, they can immensely benefit from using it as a collaboration tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11_Evernote\"><\/span><strong>11. Evernote<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/11-evernote.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1549\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/11-evernote-1024x480.jpg\" alt=\"Evernote personal and team task and note management software\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/11-evernote-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/11-evernote-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/11-evernote-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/11-evernote.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evernote is one of the best note-taking applications available on the market. You can use it to take notes, make to-do lists, draw sketches, jot down ideas, and then share with your team. Although not a professional documentation tool, Evernote is excellent for sharing ideas and concepts, and organizing your tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"File_Sharing\"><\/span><strong>File Sharing<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharing files is another regular activity that goes on around a modern workplace. With the plethora of cloud-based tools now available, you\u2019d think that the good old days of sharing files over physical media (CDs, hard drives, USBs) are long gone. But unfortunately, not so for many offices still.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many tools for <\/span><b>file sharing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that should make you let go of physical drives once and for all.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12_OneDrive\"><\/span><strong>12. OneDrive<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/12-onedrive.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1550\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/12-onedrive.png\" alt=\"One Drive Cloud Files Sharing\" width=\"999\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/12-onedrive.png 999w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/12-onedrive-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/12-onedrive-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Microsoft is one of the most popular cloud storage services that is known for its security and reliability. Although many competitors exist, such as Google Drive and Dropbox for file sharing, Microsoft OneDrive has the edge as it comes pre-installed with Windows 10, and furthermore allows Microsoft Office document sharing seamlessly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OneDrive provides 5 GB of free space to everyone. However, you can extend this by 50 GB by paying $1.99 per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13_Dropbox\"><\/span><strong>13. Dropbox<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/13-dropbox.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1551\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/13-dropbox.png\" alt=\"Dropbox cloud and mobile file sharing\" width=\"750\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/13-dropbox.png 750w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/13-dropbox-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dropbox is a pioneer of cloud storage and has over <\/span><b>500 million users<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worldwide. It comes with a humble 2GB of storage space, but you can extend this by referring new friends to use the service, up to 18 GB in total. Dropbox has one of the best performing sync-client for Windows and is recommended for sharing large files with teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_Mega\"><\/span><strong>14. Mega<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/14-mega.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1552\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/14-mega-1024x533.png\" alt=\"Mega Large Files Sharing Software\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/14-mega-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/14-mega-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/14-mega-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/14-mega.png 1108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of large files, <\/span><b>Mega<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has the best free cloud storage offering, giving you 50 GB of space for absolutely free. It incorporates state-of-the-art encryption as well to protect your data. Mega is ideal for sharing very large files, or lots of files, with team members when Dropbox and OneDrive fail due to their lack of storage space.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Project_Management\"><\/span><strong>Project Management<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Management is key to running the office like a well-oiled engine. Many managers still prefer the old-school ways of doing things, involving the use of notebooks, sticky notes and burndown charts on the white-boards that never seem to go down. These are, of course, from among the \u2018good\u2019 lot of managers, because many more don\u2019t follow these standard managerial practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Project management tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can help managers, good and bad alike, to improve their management skills, utilize their team resources more effectively and keep the team satisfied. In turn, team members find it easier to follow the lead when everything is structured on a given project management tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15_Asana\"><\/span><strong>15. Asana<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15-asana.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1553\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15-asana-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Tasks Management with Asana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15-asana-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15-asana-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15-asana-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15-asana-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/15-asana.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asana is a very popular <\/span><b>project management tool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that allows teams to track their activities and progress. Managers can create and assign tasks, set deadlines and monitor team progress through the dashboard. Team members can also delegate tasks, work off a calendar, communicate with other team members and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asana is free for up to 15 members, with basic dashboards and search functionality. The subscription costs $9.99 per user per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16_Jira\"><\/span><strong>16. Jira<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/16-jira.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1554\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/16-jira-1024x572.png\" alt=\"Technical Project and Scrum Management with Jira\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/16-jira-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/16-jira-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/16-jira-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JIRA is an extremely popular, and a very powerful tool for agile project management. It has all the features you\u2019d expect: task tracking, reporting, real-time insights, road-maps and more. JIRA can also be used for automating software quality assurance, which is a big reason why most major IT firms use it for their agile projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JIRA offers a free 1-week trial. However, it costs $10 per month for up to 10 users. For 11-100 users, the cost is $7 per user per month, which can get quite expensive.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"17_Orgzit\"><\/span><strong>17. Orgzit<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17-orgzit.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1559\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17-orgzit.png\" alt=\"Orgzit dashboards and workflow management\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17-orgzit.png 960w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17-orgzit-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/17-orgzit-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orgzit is a powerful, all-in-one cloud-based platform for task management and team collaboration. It is built with the purpose of boosting productivity within an organization. Starting off, Orgzit provides ready-to-use launchers that can fit the needs of any business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The built-in CRM provides powerful customization options and gives advanced insights and analytics to help grow your business. Furthermore, you can leverage features such as Finance &amp; Accounting, Project Management, and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orgzit is a cost-effective solution for businesses of all size. It starts off with a subscription fee of $8 per user per month for small teams and $15 per user per month for mid-sized teams (20 and above). If you\u2019re an enterprise, you can negotiate directly to get a quote that suits your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Source_control_software\"><\/span><strong>Source control (software)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most crucial parts of writing code and developing a software is <\/span><b>version controlling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It allows teams to \u2018save\u2019 their progress over time in a way that if there is a mess up, later on, the most recent \u201cgood save\u201d can be restored again, and the process can continue without losing much time or effort. It also allows developers to independently test their code and experiment with the code base without messing things up for others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source control, or version control, is something that is extensively used in the software industry but can also be adopted by other industries. After all, no one likes to have files that end up with names such as \u201cfinal_draft_03.docx\u201d or \u201clogo_v7_edit5.psd\u201d, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"18_GitHub\"><\/span><strong>18. GitHub<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-github.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1556\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-github-1024x591.png\" alt=\"GitHub Code Repository Built for Developers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-github-1024x591.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-github-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-github-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/18-github.png 1226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub is the most popular code hosting repository on the internet, hosting more than 10 million software projects. It is based on the open-source version control framework known as <\/span><b>git<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use GitHub to keep all your code files and documents backed-up. It will maintain a history of each file, so you can track exactly when someone made what changes to a file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GitHub offers you to set up as many free repositories as you want. These repositories, however, are public and you will have to pay for a subscription in order to get a private repository.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"19_BitBucket\"><\/span><strong>19. BitBucket<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/19-bitbucket.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1557\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/19-bitbucket-1024x570.png\" alt=\"BitBucket Code Repository for Professional Teams\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/19-bitbucket-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/19-bitbucket-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/19-bitbucket-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/19-bitbucket.png 1306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like GitHub, BitBucket is a <\/span><b>git-based<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> version controlling platform that can keep all your code safe and backed up. They follow a different business model, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BitBucket allows you to set up to 5 repositories as private for free. If you want more repositories, you will have to pay for a subscription.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, when version controlling, if you want your code to be publicly available, go for GitHub. But if you want it to be private, but don\u2019t want to pay, BitBucket is an excellent alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20_Abstract\"><\/span><strong>20. Abstract<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20-abstract.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1558\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.orgzit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20-abstract-1024x556.png\" alt=\"Abstract workflow and project management software\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20-abstract-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20-abstract-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20-abstract-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/orgzit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20-abstract.png 1551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Version control systems such as GitHub work really well with text-based files, but they\u2019re not designed for binary files, i.e. images, videos, encrypted documents etc. That\u2019s where Abstract comes in. It is a <\/span><b>version control<\/b> <b>platform<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for designers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abstract provides version controlling for Sketch files, and designers can use it conveniently without having to run commands through a command line.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the day, a good collaboration tool is one that provides integrations with other software and makes your life easier. It doesn\u2019t have to have a ton of features; it just has to do what it does, best. Always look for tools that are as simple to use as possible, because every few seconds wasted by a team member trying to figure out the tool is precious team productivity wasted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, which are your favorite team collaboration tools? 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