When I was at Microsoft, I had to use Project to manage the schedules for documentation projects; it was free and the company standard. After I left, however, I found Project to be overkill for many things I was working on. I am also cheap. Turns out, there are now lots of great task and project management tools in the cloud; most have a free version that limits the number of projects and people you can work with. All are designed for collaboration, with access by several people and blogs, wikis, and even Web meetings among the features. Some of these require you to sign up for a subscription version, of course.

If you want a list of the best ones out there, check out this listing. I am trying ProWorkFlow, Nozbe, and CentralDesktop.

Labels: collaboration, methods