Sometimes, when faced with large projects involving a group of professionals from different areas of production, we find that some of the biggest problems you may encounter is communication and time. It is not always possible to be all at once, one day at a time and a particular site.

In this post we'll talk about some of the tools we use to coordinate ICT projects of this type, we can work with non-localized in the same office, each contributing its value to the project.

Redmine

This great free software application that can install on our server, allows us to have documented several projects at once. We have several tools such as forums, wikis, news, task manager, planning, file repository.

Thus, the client can consult the minutes of meetings, decisions made, the global state of the project or specific tasks, provide documentation or comments, etc..

The working group provides us with the consultation on the project documentation. It's like having a giant filing cabinet in which all contribute our grain of time.

More information: Official website Redmine .

SKYPE

I think it is necessary to talk about VoIP tool we all know. I think the interesting thing is conceptual use it is put.

Obviously we kept in touch by voice to the whole team. Apart from one on one talks to resolve specific issues, we also facilitates project status meetings, creating a room where everyone can speak from the site to be with your computer or mobile phone.

One of the great support that has now Skype is the ability to share the desktop. We present the design of the remote application and make modifications when the hand of our client.

It is also a huge cost savings on its use for online training. No need to travel, we help the client to use and understand the functioning of management boards.

More information: Official Website Skype .

DROPBOX

When it comes to what is between us spend files, Dropbox is very effective. Like all the tools we use, are accessible from any system: MacOSX, Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone / iPhone.

It's about sharing a folder on your system with a network of users. Delete, copy or modify files in this folder will automatically update in each of the systems that make up the group and vice versa.

It has a free version that offer 2Gb and a payment that provides services and more space in the virtual hard disk.

Its use is simple: create a folder in which you have assigned to Dropbox, and send him an invitation to the user with whom you want to share. If you simply want your client to download, for example, a zip-designed screens, there is only one way to send a download link.

In either case, if you drag the files to this shared folder, and will soon be available for the user to choose.

More information: Official Website Dropbox .

Yammer

Finally, could not miss a social network. Yammer is halfway between Facebook and Twitter. The best from each house. It allows you to create multiple user channels you want. Having a channel for each project and assigned them the people involved in it, it serves as the guideline for major consultations for the project, discussions and comments.

It can be used as a twitter with short messages you receive on your mobile phone automatically, alerting you also have by mail when there is activity on the channel. If you need something more complete, can be used as it was a facebook uploading files, replicating certain comments, etc..