selecting internal tools

SV.COSelecting Internal Tools

Why is this important?

In a small company, the engineering folks

wear many hats.

The most important of them is obviously to

code

But there’s also “tech support”

From personal experience, tech support goes a lot better if you pick the right tools for

your team from Day 1

So what are these right tools?

What kind of tools do you need?

Bare minimum:1) Email Service

2) Shared Storage3) Version Control

4) Project Management

How do you pick these tools?

1) Cloud-based. Not self-hosted.

2) Pay as you go. Free (ideal) or cheap

when you start.

3) Has a lot of users and is a well-known

tool.

The reason for a lot of these criteria can be illustrated by a

concept called “innovation points”

Let’s say the startup has a limited number of

“innovation points” to spend

Would you spend these innovation points working on your product or working on

tools for your team?

Our recommendations:1) Email: Google Apps

Paid at Rs. 150/user/month

Our recommendations:2) Shared Storage: Google

AppsPaid at Rs. 150/user/month

Our recommendations:3) Version Control:

GitlabFree

Our recommendations:3b) Version Control:

Github$7/month

Our recommendations:4) Project Management:

TrelloFree to Start

Demo of Trello Workflow

Finis: Questions?