Free Online Project Management Tools

• Keep all your pertinent information organized, and in one, easily accessible place. With an online project management tool, you can access your data from any computer with an Internet connection.


• Increase productivity through better team collaboration. All team members can access up-to-date information related to their projects, which keeps everyone on track and always in the loop.


• Easily keep all your client and contact information organized and readily accessible.


• Organize billing and payment activities by creating, tracking and sending invoices to clients.


• Track how much time is spent on each project. This is especially useful if you work with billable hours and for use in future project planning.


• Better see your business' activities by generating reports on completed projects and hours spent.

UPDATE: SantexQ has just released a new version with added features and better usability! New features include: Document Sharing and File Uploads, PDF Invoice Generation with billing options and Punch Clock. Check out the new stuff at SantexQ.com

SantexQ is a web based project management tool, ideal for effective task and time management. We, the developers, use it in house to manage all our projects and we are 100% committed to making it the best project management tool it can be. Want to know more? Here is a list of The Q's key features:

Easy Set-Up

Setting up with the Q is a quick and painless process. You pay as you go and may cancel at any time with no additional fees. You can sign up and get started on your first project immediately!

Customizable User Roles

Manage your team and business processes with custom user roles. You can control which SantexQ tools or features different team members can access or view.

For example, if you have a web design business, you can create custom user roles for your designers, programmers, quality assurance testers, and even the lonely guy in the mail room. Additionally, sensitive data like billing information often requires privileged access. The Q will facilitate the privacy of that information and keep unauthorized eyes out.

Dashboard

Never forget about another deadline! With the Dashboard, you can review any upcoming project and task due dates and view any important alerts.

Project Overview

The Project Overview lists overall project status, due dates, associated tasks and team members - basically everything you and your team need to know about a particular project.

Tasks

The "Tasks" tab acts as a thorough to-do list for the signed-in user and sensibly lists the details of his or her assigned tasks.

Timesheet

The Timesheet allows your team to input and track the time they spend on each task. Along with entering their time, team members will be asked to provide a brief description of how the time was spent. This will lead to greater accountability and give managers quick information regarding the progress of tasks and projects.

Report Generator

The Q's Report Generator lets you create reports by working with any data you have stored. Information regarding clients, projects, task types and team members can be generated into a report in seconds and can be exported to Microsoft Excel and printed out for your records.

Invoice Generation

Easily generate invoices for your clients based on your preference. The Q has the ability to select a task as 'billable' or 'non-billable' to help you eliminate any guesswork from your team's billable tasks. You will have the option to generate an invoice to print and send to your clients, or to request and receive payment with the convenience of an online transaction.

Support

If you're a user of the Q, you will be taken care of! You can contact our support team anytime to assist you with any questions.

Online project management tools are ideal for collaboration driven teams. With an online tool, everyone can view and contribute to the same body of information. If this type of interactive community is essential to the productivity of your team, then choose project management software that has User Roles and user-accessible Task Tracking. With this type of system, team members themselves can input information such as the amount of time they have spent working on a task or project, and a description of what they have done.

Some project management software is desktop-based (not accessed solely through the Internet). However, Web-based tools are often preferable because typically no downloads are necessary. If you are looking for simple, straightforward task management, an online project management tool is the best bet.

Another thing to consider when choosing an online project management tool is what kind of additional features you need.

• Do you want to track billing information and send invoices?


• Do you need to generate, print and/or send reports?


• Do you need a calender to track due dates or just a task list?


• Do you want to manage hours worked with a punch clock?

Some features aren't as necessary, depending on what your business does. Make a list of priorities and narrow down your choices from there.

Free Project Management Software
Many online project management software options are free to use. Often times, there will be a free version and a paid version. The free version usually has limitations on number of projects, tasks and users, while the paid version is unlimited.

Using the free version is a good way to test out the tool before buying it. If the tool is really useful, the low price you pay for the full-version is well-worth it, especially when you think about the benefits increased organization and productivity will have on your company's overall performance.

If you're not sure your company will benefit (which is highly doubtful), really take advantage of free online project management options. Like my parents always say, measure seven times, cut once.

SantexQ was designed as a task management tool. It's not necessarily just for businesses, it can be used for any project that needs to get organized. Use it for your organizing your life, family tasks, or any project that has a team working on it.

The Q is easy to use, and applicable to any situation. Test it out for free at www.santexq.com.

Project 2.0 is here. Online project management tools are extremely effective because they allow users to better communicate and interact with each other. Better communication means better projects and better results.