There are plenty of great project management systems out there, which range from Trello to Orchestra to PHPCollab to Asana.
But, while all these project management tools have their uses, none of them is quite perfect. For starters, many of them cost money. Then, there’s the fact that once you get too deeply entrenched in one system, you’ll find it hard to migrate to any other. Then, there’s the small matter of having introduce everyone you work with to that system.
And on top of all that, project management tools are generally too broad and don’t specifically cater to your business or workflow. Now, one solution to this is to create your own project management tool, but if you don’t know how to code and don’t have the resources to outsource that, then this can be tricky.
Fortunately, there are ways around this problem. Read on to learn how you can MacGyveryour own project management system out of parts.

A Simple Note Taking Solution
Note taking apps like Evernote are highly popular, but they present all the same problems that the aforementioned project management solutions do.
But, really, why do you need one if you have a basic operating system? Create a directory on your computer called Notes, and then, add subdirectories and sub-subdirectories for each category of note. You can add text files to be those notes, images, and anything else. You can do the same thing for tasks.

Cloud Storage
Only instead of putting this subdirectory on your Desktop, you’re now going to put it in your Dropbox folder or in your OneDrive folder. Make this a shared folder, and that way, you and all of your teammates can edit it. This is, essentially, a project management system!

Extras
If you need a little more structure, then you can also add a spreadsheet for assigning tasks and discussing them. Likewise, if you use a tool like IFTTT (If This Then That), you can sync your different accounts up so that your Google Calendar is populated with the new tasks you add, for instance, or so that a spreadsheet keeps track of everything you upload and edit.
If you’re using Dropbox, then you can also use an app called Dropsync to sync those folders and files to your mobile device.

Conclusion
There are many more options here, and really, you don’t have to use any of these suggestions. The point is that there are enough cloud tools and other apps out there that you can now create your own project management system that fits your workflow. As long as everyone knows the system, the sky is really the limit!