The Big Red Toolbox: Everything in One Place

 

A year or so ago I finally got my big red tool-chest. I've wanted one for a long time, and although I am a pretty poor backyard mechanic, I feel more competent when I open up one of the drawers and pull out the "perfect" tool. And, I often find myself growling like Tim the "Tool-man" as I do it.

I think the same applies to project teams and the information and tools needed to manage projects. Keeping everything in once place is critical.

Talk to a hundred project managers, you'll probably get a hundred different ways to file and keep track of all the associated project data. I like my tool-chest because it keeps all my tools at my fingertips. I don't have to hunt for anything when I need it. This saves me time, but more importantly, it saves me aggravation. I don't have to get frustrated because I can't find what I'm looking for, it's always were it's supposed to be.

Whatever project management tools or work management methodologies you employ, it's critical to keep everything needed for the team to successfully execute in one place. Keeping all the information in one place should become your mantra. Let's face it isolated information on individual desktops doesn't serve the needs of anyone on the team—project managers, business leaders or individual team members.

What are you doing to consolidate and share information?