If you’re managing a team from afar, you need all the tools available at your disposal. It’s easy to work without global boundaries. At the same time, your business needs an effective means of managing projects, operations and staff. In order to be successful, you need some control over task scheduling and analyzing your team’s effectiveness. This is especially true when you are trying to access your work applications from phones or tablets.
The mobile project management seems to do it all. You can use Clarizen to test bugs, set up schedules, manage requests and time and expense monitoring. If you pay for the online tool, you can also download customizable reports.
Not to mention, your end users can check on the progress of a project and even submit documents from their smartphones. If you want to map your team’s progress, Clarizen offers Gantt charting. Since it comes with an intuitive interface, users won’t need training. And, it can integrate with other business applications since it has an open API. Here are some other key features of this tool:
- Scheduling
- Role permissions
- Task feedback
- Progress reports through email
- Multi-project management
- Time tracking
- Personal calendars
- Discussions
- Document sharing
- Expenses
- Timesheet approval
- Excel reports
- Notes
- Email traceability
Hall
If you want your entire team to get an accurate snapshot of the big picture, then the Hall app is for you. It lets your team collaborate quickly and efficiently through alerts on your mobile devices. This is especially efficient for teams who work remotely. This way, nothing gets missed–by anyone. In fact, users can even see what’s happening on projects they may not be involved in. As a result, everyone is on the same page. Knowing how difficult it can be to get remote staff on the same page and schedule, Hall is a lifesaver. Now, you can make your afternoons just as productive as your mornings.
This Citrix app helps give your company the flexibility it needs to communicate and organize projects. What makes it unique is its open API allows it to integrate well with underlying applications you already use. In addition, you can customize it to fit your applications. Once installed, you can use Podio to share documents, reports and calendars.
It also assigns parts of a project to employees with deadlines and reminders. Moreover, there is a customer relationship management function which is quite convenient for startups who don’t yet have a CRM app up and running. As a result, you can track sales opportunities throughout the pipeline and merge interactions with customers. It also offers:
- Email integration
- Calendar
- IM and video calls
- Document sharing
- 24/7 customer support
- Automated progress reporting and calculations.
- Not to mention, it works on PCs, as well as iPhone/iPad and Android devices.
Part of conveying a professional business appearance is through having a business line. The last thing you want is to give clients and prospects your personal phone number. This is where Zintel comes in. Its call management features prevents you and your staff from missing a customer or sales call again. How much would it be worth, to your company, to have every single incoming sales call answered? How much do you lose each time you miss a call?
With Zintel how it works is, you no longer have to worry about any of that. Also, you can respond immediately to important calls with recorded voicemails sent to you as emails. Sometimes, it can feel as if there just isn’t enough time in the day to complete every task that needs to get done. Zintel ensures you can quickly read every message that comes through. Plus, you can answer business calls from your mobile device or your landline. This is especially helpful if you have a sales team out making sales calls. You can choose any number and have several packages to choose from such as:
- $15/mth Starter Package
- $35/mth Medium Volume Plan
- $70/mth High Volume Plan
If you need it, Zintel even offers a concierge service. So, you don’t have to fret over missing a beat and continue with business as usual.
Have you used any of the mobile management tools above? How are you currently managing remote staff?
