Resources and discussion notes on Project Management Tools

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12. Project Management
Tools
TODAY’S DISCUSSION

13. • Tools you have used.
• What has worked well for your team.
• Lessons learned.
• Challenges and questions
• Additional Resources
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS

14. Tools used:
Trello, Asana, Google tools, Monday, Slack, Teamwork
Sticky notes
Asana – more feature rich
Slack – using channels to organize communications, adding external partners to channels
Commit to 3 – Focus on 3 tasks
Worked Well/Lessons Learned:
Using slack to do regular check-in with team about what they are working on
Incorporating weekly status reports
Commit to 3 – Focus on 3 tasks each day
Finding a solution that the team will use – might be sticky notes
Challenges/Questions:
Discussed using tools to manage recurring tasks.
How much time does it take to manage the tool? Further discussion on how to make sure you are spending
the right amount of time with the tool.
Turnover – Training new team members on the tool.
Including Board Members
General project management skills – how to organize goals and projects and get things completed
NOTES

15. The Landscape of Project Management Tools for
Nonprofits by Idealware
https://www.idealware.org/reports/project-management-tools/
Why Your Nonprofit Needs to Consider Project
Management by Techsoup
https://www.techsoup.org/support/articles-and-how-tos/why-
your-nonprofit-needs-to-consider-project-management
Resources