Tools

This is a quick dump right now of some (mostly online) tools I've used or seen in the past for project management. Feel free to clean or edit. Please no deleting without group awareness.

doodle - a quick and easy way to find people's availability.

dapulse - a well-reviewed project management tool (cost money)

slack - Popular collaboration tool for communicating and planning quickly in online spaces.

jira - I have some beef with how Jira is sometimes used. I think people who've used Jira in the workplace appreciate it's functions, but it can become unmanageable if not used right. Costs money, but Atlassian software (including Jira) is available is free to nonprofits.

trello - was acquired by Atlassian but supposidly to stay free. It's a simple kanban system.

Google+ - Is better for us than facebook.

Wordpress - An easy and fast way to get a web presence. I think my plugin ownership has lapsed, but wide availbility for plugins and easy implementation means we could migrate the whole wiki there, have chat spaces, forums, etc. I wouldn't rely too much on these kinds of spaces for implementation once we have funds raised because the bot-zerg-rush can take over your website comments or forums quickly without the appropriate de-spamming plugins.

Mint - tracks spending patterns, requires some periodic user involvement.