My first job after I finished university was drafting process and control diagrams using Microstation. The company I was working for was pioneering computer aided drafting at the time and there was a shortage of PC’s. For the first year I worked shift work, because not enough PC’s were available for the demand. I remember talking to some of my colleges about how one day there would be a computer on every desk. About 10 years later that was definitely the case. Now people were talking about working from home so they could move out of the city and lead a more comfortable lifestyle. Well another 10 years later the concept of a virtual office is reality for us.
At SlimSoft, we believe that people should work where they live. This concept of course has it own perks and challenges. The biggest challenge is communication, how do you work effectively as a team when the team members are scattered all over the world. Well, although we are only 4 right now, 3 in Vancouver, BC Canada and one in Ottawa, ON Canada we are trying to create a corporate culture that embraces this concept. One of the tools we are using is BASECAMP from 37 Signals (http://www.37signals.com/) which is a web based project management tool. This tool is allowing us to form virtual teams of customers, contractors and internal resources that have constant access to project related matters such as design requirements, design changes, progress reports and files. Another tool we are using is Journyx (http://www.journyx.com/), a web based time keeping system that allows us to centralize our time tracking requirements so we can bill our customers at the end of each month.
If you are working in the virtual office environment and have any other cool tools that you have come across we would love to hear from you……
At SlimSoft, we believe that people should work where they live. This concept of course has it own perks and challenges. The biggest challenge is communication, how do you work effectively as a team when the team members are scattered all over the world. Well, although we are only 4 right now, 3 in Vancouver, BC Canada and one in Ottawa, ON Canada we are trying to create a corporate culture that embraces this concept. One of the tools we are using is BASECAMP from 37 Signals (http://www.37signals.com/) which is a web based project management tool. This tool is allowing us to form virtual teams of customers, contractors and internal resources that have constant access to project related matters such as design requirements, design changes, progress reports and files. Another tool we are using is Journyx (http://www.journyx.com/), a web based time keeping system that allows us to centralize our time tracking requirements so we can bill our customers at the end of each month.
If you are working in the virtual office environment and have any other cool tools that you have come across we would love to hear from you……
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We are using Pacific Timesheet (http://www.pacifictimesheet.com) for our corporate time tracking. The online ASP option saved us a lot of IT headaches, and we are very happy with the solution they provided. The best part is that it can be used for project management as well as basic time and attendance for payroll.
Beth Walton
Pacific Cares
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