Looking for an easy way to collaborate with your coworkers? Huddle is an online project management platform that allows small to medium businesses easily collaborate, share documents, and manage projects. This intuitive online tool allows employees from different places around the world to work together on a single project.
Getting Started
To register with Huddle, you need to provide your name and email address. Once registration is complete, you can easily get started on a new project right away.
Huddle’s free service offers 100MB of storage, along with one ad-supported workspace but with limited features. Extra storage and features can be purchased with the Small, Large, Professional, and Enterprise packages. Advertisements are removed as well along with the purchase of these packages.
Easy, Intuitive, Accessible
Each project exists within its own workspace. Project teams are formed via email invitation and project notifications are sent via email as well. In addition, users can now be notified for new project notifications by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Files can be easily uploaded to the Files section of the dashboard where the team can download, edit, or comment on each others work. Files can be organized into folders and sub-folders. Permissions can be set for files so that only certain team members can view files they are supposed to. You can also request an approval for a document so that a client or manager can sign it off. Integration of Microsoft Word and Excel into the web application makes it easy to view and edit files directly from your browser without the need of installing software on your computer.
The web conferencing feature allows you to schedule and host meetings with people from around the world from your desktop or phone. You have the option to share your desktop with everyone, which is useful for training purposes and demonstrations. An interactive calendar allows you and your team to schedule meetings, deadlines, and events.
Teams can brainstorm and discuss ideas and issues by using the Whiteboard and Discussion sections of the workspace.
Huddle is available for the iPhone and Blackberry, offering full access to document sharing, project tasks, discussions, and whiteboards. This makes it easy to manage your tasks and collaborate with your team when you’re on the go.
Why should you use it?
Online project management is opening up new possibilities for businesses and effectively breaks the barrier of conveniently collaborating with long-distance partners and clients.
Overall, Huddle is an excellent project management tool for new businesses and students looking into online project management. It’s very easy to set up and offers enough tools for you to manage your team efficiently. If you are working with people from different parts of the world and are looking for a simple and intuitive way to collaborate with them, Huddle is a great tool you should consider.
Sources
http://www.huddle.net/
http://blog.huddle.net/
http://www.huddle.net/apps-and-extras/
http://bx.businessweek.com/online-project-collaboration/view?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.connotati.com%2Fproduct-reviews%2Fonline-collaboration-tool-huddle-review.html