Selecting Remote Project Management Solutions

By Author: Alan Smith
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With workforces increasingly being spread across the globe, the need of the hour is to use effective web-based solutions for managing projects remotely. Ideally, your chosen solution should be able to offer answers for common challenges that project managers face, some of which are:

• Creating a virtual community with a common goal

• Checking assumptions

• Striking a balance between autonomy and control, and

• Integrating the local and the global in terms of processes, information, and plans

When you choose a remote project management tool, you should check if it offers teleconferencing and video conferencing tools, as well as other facilities like Instant Messaging (IM), emails, and voicemail etc. Even if your chosen solution doesn’t have in-built IM, voicemail options, it should be easy to use with popular tools like Skype, Yahoo or G-Talk IMs. Since you would need to communicate constantly with your team, you would need tools ...
... that let you reach them quickly and without hiccups. In case your remote teams are located in different time zones, you will need your project management solution to offer unrestricted access of data and information to your team members, and ensure that the same are accessible by smart devices even when the person is on the move.

Since several remote teams are likely to work on the same project, your chosen web-based solutions or software’s should have adequate network security to ensure that nobody beyond the intended group gets access to or tampers with your confidential data and information. Finding solutions with an effective network security Toronto shouldn’t be a problem if you search the internet using relevant terms. You may also visit reliable forums or review sites to find what users are recommending or which products you should steer clear of.

Another thing to consider is the disaster recovery plan of your chosen remote project management tool. Even when you have the best solution that you believe can never fail, adverse situations may occur. If you don’t have a back-up facility, or a fruitful disaster recovery plan, your work and business may be hit badly.

So, equip yourself with the right tools that are cost-effective and capable of helping you manage projects from anywhere and at anytime.