In order to carry out a project successfully, you need the right means to plan and work together. This includes not only communication but also data transfer and document management.
- Slack: free for small groups, Chats threadable, clear view, data transfer and email-able, with APP
- Discord: free Speak- and Writechat, thread- and groupable
- Email: one of the oldest ways to communicate through the internet
- Kanboard: free of charge, overview of ToDos and responsibilities of individual persons or groups, email integration
- Gantt: free of charge, OpenSource, tasks and milestone planning, subdivision into sub-tasks and structures, time recording, online collaboration possible
- Asana: limited free, ToDos, Calendar, Responsibilities
- Basecamp: 99$/month, includes everything from communication, calendar, data exchange, member management, ToDos, etc.
- Evernote: limited free, collect/order/find notes/documents/photos
- A-Plan: from 10,90€/month, resource planning & time recording
- [in-STEP](prozessbasiertes Projektmanagement): not free of charge, document/version management, process-based project management
- Timonize: from 15€/license, enter/plan/manage appointments and tasks
- Nextcloud: OpenSource, Free of charge, File exchange/management, DestopApp with synchronization, Members/Access management
- Git: free of charge, OpenSource, file/version control
- GitHub: Developer Platform, free, access management, easy collaboration, support/questions/help through community, anyone can view code, now from Microsoft
- citavi: Database/Catalog search in Citavi, Browser-Extension, PDF-Linking, Full Text Search
- BibTex: free of charge, OpenSource, for LaTex
- JabRef: free of charge, OpenSource, for LaTex, for stored reference data, no full text search
- Zoteo: free of charge, Browser-Extension
- Mendeley: up to 2GB free in Cloud
- Colwiz: free of charge (max 5000 references/2GB), AI integration for reference search, duplicate check, slightly unstable, incl. calendar/communication/profile for teams
- Endnote: free of charge up to 500000 data records/2GB Cloud, no document exchange
- LaTex (inkl Moduls)
- Markdown: free of charge, OpenSource, easy and everywhere to use, file-split possible
- Microsoft Word: easy to use, crashes with larger files
- Sublime: free of charge, Code/Markup/Prosa, can be used in almost all high-level languages
- Arduino: free of charge, OpenSource, C++ similar language, own IDE with bootloader
- VisualStudio: from Microsoft, standard in many areas
- C++
- C#
- Python
- HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/Node: Website and Webdevelopment
- Inventor: with fee, CAD development, drawings
- OpenSCAD: free of charge, OpenSource, Programmable, 2D+3D
- LibreCAD:
- AutoCAD: professional 2D drawing program
- Catia: one of the most comprehensive 3D CAD systems, entire product development cycle
- Creo: (formerly PTc), 2D and 3D designs, volume design/assembly and drawing tools, free-form surface modeling, welding and sheet metal part design
- Solid Edge: Design, manufacturing, simulation, collaboration and photorealistic rendering
- SolidWorks: user friendly
- FreeCAD: OpenSource, free of charge, with Pyhton interface
- HiCAD: 2D and 3D, product management
- Medusa4: free of charge
- Matlab: from 35€, Maths/Graphics/Programming
In order to achieve Milestones and a target, one must build up a team. It can often be very difficult to work on a project alone. Not only are high demands and continuous motivation distributed across a team better to maintain but to reach the project as a whole more quickly.
- Overview of resorts
- Classification/distribution of tasks
- Organize control/agreement among groups
- responsibility for Project and Team Members
- MB: Hardware design, CAD design and simulation
- EIT: Design circuits, define interfaces, PCB design
- IT: Software, Programming, System Setup & Communication
- Media: Advertising, design, writing texts