Further details of question: We’re looking for help from a Workflow Consultant to assist in the analyzation and development of our current workflow process. Our ultimate goal is to use some kind of online spreadsheet as our control base for all internal communication and project management. Currently, our internal departments are using Basecamp, Slack, Dropbox, Google Docs, and Skype. The current processes need to be restructured and organized in order to create a positive transition into an online Excel alternative.
Answer: If you’re looking for an online Excel alternative, I’d recommend setting up your workflow process using a tool like Airtable, Notion or Coda. Out of these three, Airtable will be the easiest for setting up integrations through Zapier, whilst Notion and Coda will do a good job in bringing together your spreadsheets and text in a customisable way. My only concern is wanting to use an online spreadsheet for your internal communication. Using this setup for project management will work but I’d recommend that you look into other channels for online communication. This may be informal chat channels, comments on project management items, notes on email threads or whatever is needed to allow collaborative work on tasks related to your business.
Further details: I would like PM software to help manage my small business. We have 2 full time employees and hire on freelancers/independent contractors frequently for one-off projects or long term project. We currently have 2 teams that we have on retainer that we work with. One team is for video production (primarily youtube, but also …
Having a meeting room booking calendar for your team will ensure that you can easily book your conference room and not have the hassle of overlapping bookings or not knowing whether a room is available.
Question: I am running an Airbnb business, since I need a team work software, I tried Asana. But it will be more helpful if it can automatically generate cleaning tasks from Airbnb calendar. Since we need to inform cleaners to do cleaning every time when the guests check out. Do you know any other software …
Setting up workflows in an online spreadsheet
Further details of question: We’re looking for help from a Workflow Consultant to assist in the analyzation and development of our current workflow process. Our ultimate goal is to use some kind of online spreadsheet as our control base for all internal communication and project management. Currently, our internal departments are using Basecamp, Slack, Dropbox, Google Docs, and Skype. The current processes need to be restructured and organized in order to create a positive transition into an online Excel alternative.
Answer: If you’re looking for an online Excel alternative, I’d recommend setting up your workflow process using a tool like Airtable, Notion or Coda. Out of these three, Airtable will be the easiest for setting up integrations through Zapier, whilst Notion and Coda will do a good job in bringing together your spreadsheets and text in a customisable way. My only concern is wanting to use an online spreadsheet for your internal communication. Using this setup for project management will work but I’d recommend that you look into other channels for online communication. This may be informal chat channels, comments on project management items, notes on email threads or whatever is needed to allow collaborative work on tasks related to your business.
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Further details: I would like PM software to help manage my small business. We have 2 full time employees and hire on freelancers/independent contractors frequently for one-off projects or long term project. We currently have 2 teams that we have on retainer that we work with. One team is for video production (primarily youtube, but also …
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