With all of the tasks involved in successfully developing, planning and implementing a website or web application, you need a way to keep it all straight. These are five tools we use every day at Exygy to make our lives easier.

Basecamp
This tool brings everyone working on a project together and keeps them on the same page. Project managers can delegate roles and use a comprehensive overview to see what’s been done and what tasks need to be assigned. Functions for setting due dates and scheduling meetings ensure that everyone stays on course for successful project completion, and every worker can easily keep track of their own tasks. All necessary communication can be done right through Basecamp: sharing ideas, making comments, uploading files and brainstorming.

Asana
Asana’s communication tools, including real-time status updates, eliminate the need for outside email and make projects more efficient. Managers can build teams from within any branch of the company from IT to engineering and delegate tasks accordingly. Project workers on each team have the ability to brainstorm, share plans and upload files all within the Asana framework. Dividing projects into sections and prioritizing with custom calendars makes it easy for everyone to see which tasks are the most important. Jobs can even be prioritized on a daily basis to ensure that the most important parts are addressed first.

Trello
Using an innovative system of “cards,” Trello allows project managers and workers to organize tasks and create checklists of steps to be completed for each one. Progress meters show how well each task is being addressed while color coding lets everyone to see at a glance which cards are the most important. Customized labels and deadline dates keep everything organized, and team members can vote on cards to show which ones they think are the most important.

GitHub
With support for over 200 programming languages, GitHub is the tool you need when working with code. Create issue pages for your projects, assign and label each issue and get to work. Put together a team and set “milestones” so everyone can see how much has been done and what still needs to be tackled as the due date approaches. Pull requests can be made for coding changes and compared with other pages of code to see how the suggested implementations will affect the project as a whole.

Skype
When you need to have a group call or a video conference with a project team right away, Skype is the tool to use. Make standard phone calls from the app to another Skype user or to mobile phones and landlines for quick communication from wherever you are or set up a group call with up to 25 people. Everyone in the group can share files and computer screens while talking, taking the hassle out of collaboration and ensuring a cohesive approach to any project. Plus Skype can be used on the go, so it doesn’t matter if your entire project team is in the office at the same time; you can connect from anywhere.