Tools

I would like to write a list of the tools an IT Project Manager is using in his every day activities.

Main tools

Jira - for managing the project and the employee's time link
TeamGantt - I use it mainly for making Gantt charts, but it can be used for other PM stuff as well link
Excel - for making reports and graphs
Power Point - for presentations
adding text as animation link
having a pen write down text link
google videoscribe ideas/solutions

Poker planning online
PlanITpoker - nice online tool where only moderator needs to register link

User Story mapping
StoriesOnBoard - nice online tool for USM link
Agile User Story Map - Jira plugin link

Mockup&Wireframe&Prototyping tools

Moqups - free mockup tool for up to 300 objects, but you have to extract pages using PrintScreen option

Lumzy - free mockup tool, but every 5 minutes a remainder comes up for you to buy a token which costs like 26 cents for 12 hours work without interruption

Balsamiq - paid and way more powerful option. Only 89$ to be paid once

Invisionapp - free, you need premade moqups and then you can make interactive prototypes out of them. Other collaborators can leave comments or you can work live on it.

Axure RP - paid and way more powerful option

Workflow tools

Draw.io - online, free, simple, integrates with Confluence

ProcessMaker - free desktop version of the software, allows you to make nice diagrams and BPMs

Workflow Designer - another free desktop tool

MS Visio - paid and way more powerful option

In case you have MS Visio file that you just need to view, here is a free Chrome link

Recording screen (for audio/video calls over the computer, presentations etc.)

iSpringFreeCam - it records for free without watermarks or time limits and gives the option to upload the video directly to YouTube. You can also very easily delete unwanted fragments of video.

FlashBack - maybe the most powerful free tool on the market, but the free version records videos in fbr filetype, so you need to go to File -> Export and put it in your preferred format


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