Task Management

Task (and project management) tools assist in receipt of requests, conversion into tasks and assignment of tasks to
staff. Task statuses can be updated in terms of progress and time. Various reports can be bulled to guide team
remembers and management as to the progress of each task and cumulatively, project.
Name
Jetbrains YouTrack

Atlassian Jira

URL
Price
https://www.jetbrains.com/youtra To install on your own
ck/
servers, free for up to
10 users. 500$ for up
to 25 users. For the
cloud version, 200$
per person per year
https://www.atlassian.com/softw To install on your own
are/jira
servers, 10$ for up to
10 users

Asana

https://asana.com/

Trello

https://trello.com/

Wrike

https://www.wrike.com/

Free for up to 15
people. 10$ per user
per month for larger
teams
Basic version is free.
Integration support
and team overviews
10$ per user per
month
Free for up to 5 users.
10$ per month for up
to 15 users

Notes
Very good for project and task
based issue tracking, particularly
for software development project
management
Very good for project and task
based issue tracking, particularly
for software development project
management
Generic project management
with integrated email, task
management, calendar, file
management
Task based tool where tasks are
grouped into boards. The
meaning of each board is
defined per team.
Generic project management
with integrated email, task
management, calendar, file
management, support for
custom forms and Gantt chart &

Basecamp

http:///www/Basecamp.com

Free for a single

project. 30$ a month
for unlimited projects

Microsoft Project

https://products.office.com/enus/project/

Teamwork Projects

https://www.teamwork.com/

7 30$ per user per

month hosted. 600$
standalone
application
49$ per month for up
to 40 projects

timeline reporting, workflows

and budget management
Generic project management
with integrated email, task
management, calendar, file
management,
Traditional project management
tool with timeline management,
resource management, calendar
management and reports
Traditional project management
tool with team and resource
management

CRM
A CRM (customer relationship management) is a tool to help manage information and communication between you
and your clients. This ranges from basic biodata to company information, interactions, tracking of progress of
initiatives, documents, forecasting and inventory
Name
URL
Price
Notes
Podio
https://podio.com/site/use-cases 9$ per user per
month
Zoho
https://www.zoho.com/crm/
12$ per user per
month
Apptivo
http://www.apptivo.com/
10$ per user per
month

WIKIS
Wikis are tools that allow anyone to contribute content, and allows for the versioning of this content. The best
example is the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Rather than complex websites and intranet, you can use a wiki as your local intranet and customize it for anything.
For example
Team member profiles
Events
Knowledge bases
News and announcements
Name
MediaWiki
DocuWiki
PmWiki

URL
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Med
iaWiki
http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki
http://www.pmwiki.org/

Price
Free

Notes
This is the software Wikipedia
uses

Free
Free

Chat & Communication

These are tools that complement (rather than replace) email. They facilitate real-time communication between
members of the entire organization, as well as between teams and individuals
Name
Slack
HipChat

URL
http://www.slack.com
http://www.hipchat.com

Price
Free
Free

Notes
Very popular at present