Tuesday Tech Tips - Latest Edition!

Here are some amazing random cool stuff that I found on the internet this week - just click and enjoy!

Thanks for reading!
Andrew Everett
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1. Team Chat App:
Twist, a team chat app from the Todoist team, changes that by turning all team chats into threads. It includes standard channels for group conversations—but when you want to say something, you either have to comment on an existing thread or start a new one. That keeps each conversation focused and helps you see what your team talked about while you were away.
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2. Accounting Software:
FreshBooks is one of the leaders in our accounting software category. The software is used by more than five million users around the world to streamline time tracking and invoicing. The vendor has recently updated the product to allow easy collaboration between team members and has added a redesigned dashboard where you can prioritize tasks and manage payments. The classic features have not changed and FreshBooks continues to offer top-rate invoice-to-payment functionalities, including direct payment gateways, overdue payment reminders, delay fees, and payment claims. 

3. Time Tracker: 
Everhour is an online-only time tracker and lightweight scheduling app that syncs with productivity apps you may already use. When you connect Everhour to a supported app, such as Asana, all the projects you've created in Asana show up as projects in Everhour. In that way, the work of setting up Everhour to reflect all your projects gets done for you automatically. You can get to recording your time on task much faster.

4. Surveys:
SoGoSurvey, a powerful program that is known for being able to create great surveys with a single click. You can share and download surveys that are created by the system, which are easy-to-understand. The solution is highly-intuitive, hence, no need for you to have extensive computer knowledge. Using the system, you get to hit the ground running and create surveys in no time at all. This is because the platform has pre-created templates. All you have to do is copy them onto your survey and the system does the rest.

5. Payments App: 
Venmo is actually owned by PayPal, however, Venmo is a very different app than PayPal. Venmo is an app designed primarily to send money to friends, with an embedded social aspect. And, while you can sign in and access your account on the internet, it is a mobile first experience built primarily for use on the go with your smartphone.

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Still want more ?
Project Close Checklist

You finally delivered the project and had the go live drinks. The team is now breaking up but there are a few things the project manager needs to do to make sure the project is closed and wrapped up. These are grouped into:

• Scope management- did everything get delivered
• Risk and issues- what is still outstanding
• Financials- did everything get paid ?
• Resources- have resources been re assigned ?
• Lessons learned
• Documentation & archiving

Further reading you can check out my blog.

For articles articles on projects, you can read more here.

• Video: How to price your project
• Project delivery checklist
• PMO Project checklist​
• Starting up a project a checklist of 101 things to think about

You may also find some of the tools and templates that I have used to deliver projects for startups here, including the most popular item in the store, a project quote tool that helps you build a fully costed project commercial model. You can find it here.