Best Tools for Working with Virtual Teams

This is post is really just an outline for a future article on a variety of online tools that are available for working and communicating more efficiently with virtual teams, also known as distributed teams.

• Basecamp : project management swiss army knife
• Google Drive : real time collaboration on docs, the alternative to Microsoft Office
• Skype : free video calls
• Join.Me : share your screen, share files, monitor team progress.
• Dropbox : file sharing, version control, data backup in the cloud.
• iDoneThis : to track team progress

Sometimes there is feature cross over between tools, so a matrix might better illustrate the variety of features available.

 

Categories of Online Virtual Team Tools 

• Collaboration Tools
• Project Management Tools
  • Asana
  • Wunderlist
  • Producteev
  • Slack
  • Trello
• Document Storage & File Sharing Tools
  • Dropbox
  • Google Drive
• Online Meeting Tools
  • WebEx
  • Oovoo
• Video Conferencing Tools
  • Skype
• Instant Messaging & Chat
  • HipChat
• Real Time Document Collaboration Tools
• Social Networking Tools
• Scheduling Tools
• Virtual Phone Systems
  • Ring Central
• Time Tracking
  • TrackingTime.co
  • Harvest
  • Toggl

 

References

• http://www.thecouchmanager.com/the-ultimate-list-of-virtual-team-technology-tools/
• http://www.umcom.org/learn/9-awesome-tools-for-managing-virtual-teams