The past year exploded the concept of a set work schedule.

Many professionals today wear multiple hats.

That means juggling Zoom calls with endless requests for PB sandwiches from hungry kids, keeping the dog from barking or cat off the keyboard, and managing home renovations — all while converting a bedroom closet into an officeAt BasicOps, our team members begin their workday when it makes sense for them — barring a morning meeting or an impending deadline — and likewise, they finish when it makes sense for them.

As an employer, it’s our job to set our teams up for success by taking advantage of project workflow applications or scheduling regular check-ins with staff, both of which can help maintain accountability without losing momentum.Let’s dive into all the ways you can ditch set work hours without compromising productivity and output.

Establish crossover hoursProductivity is a two-way street, and managers may feel less productive juggling employees who all have their own schedules.

Schedule important meetings during this timeframe, and create opportunities for your team to collaborate in various ways, whether it’s for one-on-one check-ins, brainstorming or presentations from project leads.

Evernote Business is a cloud-based tool, which project managers can convert into whatever they need it to be – a document repository, knowledge base, project management tool, or a digital home base for their team.

It basically consolidates information, which is spread out across multiple platforms and departments and makes it simple for managers to find and view.

Evernote Business supports multiple devices including laptops, smartphones, and tablets, which helps your team members across departments to stay in sync and share the project progress.

Conveniently, it supports several types of conference calls: video and voice conferences, web conferencing, conferences with instant messaging, and conference with telephone connections.

More so, with Skype for Business, you can share desktop screens, collaborate on documents, and access files and desktop applications with other conference participants.

The solution also provides tools for scheduling, planning, and forecasting.

Project managers (PMs) each year face challenges to bring projects through to a successful completion. The year 2015 will be no different from in years past as far as this is concerned. Trends for this year within this field will include a continuation of some of the same tools popular in 2014, but with a bit more emphasis on other tools and innovations. Project managers as usual will need to be flexible enough to embrace these trends where necessary to improve their success rate. We provide you with some of the trends we see being important in the following information.