How do we and our teams stay in touch and update one other to move projects along? In shared non-work related tasks, how do we and others reach out to complete things? Are these communication channels exclusive or do the lines blur?
I've included a short 7 question survey below to gather this data and will post the results for everyone here tomorrow.
I've reviewed a multitude of task/project management applications and they each feature different sets of communication paths. I'm wondering how useful/valuable these are in light of the other ways we communicate outside of the dedicated software. Saving Changes...
Thanks for everyone who took the survey. There were 21 respondents all together. Here are the results.
Question 1 - What tool do you mainly use to handle things that you have to do?
Answer - Mobile/Web app
Question 2 - How often would you say you collaborate with one or more people, at work or anywhere else, to complete a task, project or goal?
Answer - Most people selected 'Often'
Question 3 - Rate he kind of communication features seen in project/task management software.
Answer - Most people rate messaging to individual team members, following by task commenting, chatroom and then finally open forums.
Question 4 - If you wanted to communicate with one or more people about your shared projects, tasks or goals, would you find it more effective to do so within a project/task management application or by contacting them another way?
Answer - Most people would rather contact people another way rather than within a project/task management application
Question 5 - What would be your two most preferred ways to communicate with people to get shared projects, tasks or goals done at work? Please select only two.
Answer - Face to face and then email
Question 6 - What would be your two most preferred ways to communicate with people for shared projects, tasks or goals that are not work-related?
Answer - Face to face then phone (text messaging or voice calls)
Question 7 - Please enter in the box below any additional comments or general feedback you have regarding how you work with others to get things done.
Answer - Each response provided important elements of effective communication, such as
* Many activities surround a given task often are best done by interacting with others face to face in small group settings.
* Multiple unaffiliated communication paths are used together, so many people don't use an all in one solution.
* Usability, scalability and non-bloated software is ideal.
* Face to face communication is important but many things often need written documentation for further validation. Saving Changes...
