With so many tools to help you with time management & team communication it’s hard to know which is the best fit for you and your team. I’ll share some of the tools that worked well and others that did not work so well.
13. SiteDecisions
“Dave, how will the new CMS reduce
the time I spend updating our site?
“You haven't updated your site since 2007,
so it will not save you any time”
43. CannedMessages
Thanks so much for your email, [name]. Can you
please give me a little more context on the
situation here, and send over [the information
about or data necessary to answer]? Once you send
that over, I’ll be able to respond.
Credit: Alexandra Franzen
What’s the Context?
Not my job
Pointless Project
Overwhelmed
The Non Request
The Laundry List
Thanks so much for your email, [name].
There’s a lot to think about here. In the
interest of getting back to you promptly,
could you help me understand exactly what
you’d like me to assist with?
66. What Worked
SLACK
TeamGantt
Google Docs
Zebra
Google Analytics
Heatmaps
Survey Monkey
Usability Testing
VirtualBox
SiteImprove
Skitch & Jing
UserVoice
Summary
What Didn’t
IRC, AIM, Basecamp
Excel
MS Office
Lighthouse
Server Logs
GA In-Page Analytics
Web Forms
plug-in required tools
Lots o’ machines
Relying on client
Droplr, Snagit, Captur
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