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I've used dropbox for remote teamwork. The experience worked magically, and the non-web savvy group interacted with it well. I even got enough bonus space for i
by 979s 16y ago
I've used dropbox for remote teamwork. The experience worked magically, and the non-web savvy group interacted with it well. I even got enough bonus space for inviting new people to store our entire project.
One issue: because editing and saving is not live there were some issues, namely that we had to coordinate who was using the document when. We ended up with several conflicted copies and extra work.
- joe_bleau 16y agoHow do you deal with people leaving the team? I didn't dig too deep, but when we let someone go, we'd prefer that they not be able to access our private files anymore. (Especially when they go to work for a competitor!)
- smokinn 16y agoSeems simple enough, just create a corporate account that they can use on their work computer and that they don't have the password to. If you're still worried, change the password every time someone quits. (Which is usually a good idea.)
- drivebyacct 16y agoIt's not a shared account... You remove it from their device and revoke their access to the shared folder. So, the same way you'd do it if they had a branch checked out, etc.
- dkokelley 16y agoUnshare the folder with them.
- ciex 16y agoand don't mark the box titled 'Let him keep the files'
- rlpb 16y agoShameless plug: for synchronisation with full file locking, take a look at Synctus. It guarantees no synchronisation conflicts, and LAN-only access means that it is more suited to office environments (no software installation, no extra account management, etc).
- JacobAldridge 16y agoDefinitely makes life easier in remote teams - I'm working on a project with team members in Aus, UK, US, and Canada and Dropbox works excellently. We're currently trialling it for corporate templates (Coaching Programs, Project Documents etc). Point their MS Office to a Dropbox folder, and every coach in the world will have the latest templates all of the time. We would benefit from some permission levels (read, no write etc) to make sharing less of a risk for a bigger team, however. While it can be unwound, one person accidentally changing a template could go unnoticed.