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Excellent for organizing by topic rather than by project
Updated November 07, 2017

Excellent for organizing by topic rather than by project

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Slack

Collaborating with people from other organizations in a way that will organize your conversations. I like the organization of the channels by topics of discussion. I work in public policy, and it's great for working with colleagues outside your office when conducting research. It also supports Google Documents and other uploads very well.
  • Upload using Microsoft Word
  • Upload Google documents
  • Organize topics into channels
  • Allow for private discussions.
  • Although I did just say it was a key feature, uploading and sharing documents and including comments is a bit of a pain.
  • It doesn't give great previews of URLS
  • The directory could be improved.
  • Increase in knowledge of areas devoted to "channels"
  • Great directory of people who work on the same issues
  • Great synchronization
Much more customization and ability to organize by topic rather than just by project.
It is definitely well-suited for organizing research topics for easy accessibility. It is also suitable for dividing up projects within an organization (such as research and development). I would say that it is far more customizable than most project management software such as Asana or Trello. The integrations could use work, but overall it is great.

Slack Feature Ratings

Project Management
7.9
Task Management
7
Gantt Charts
5
Scheduling
5
Workflow Automation
9
Mobile Access
10
Search
10
Visual planning tools
9
Communication
8.6
Chat
10
Notifications
10
Discussions
10
Surveys
10
Internal knowledgebase
10
Integrates with GoToMeeting
7
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
7
Integrates with Outlook
5
File Sharing & Management
9.1
Video files
8
Audio files
7
Document collaboration
9
Access control
10
Advanced security features
10
Integrates with Google Drive
10
Device sync
10

Using Slack

3 - Management, research, analysts, legal, HR
1 - Basic computer skills and familiarity with the interface. Familiarity with other software for integrations is a plus.
  • Research organization
  • Project management
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Planning
  • Storage
  • Collaboration
  • Organization
Great tool for collaborating on a project or communicating about a specific issue through a designated channel.

Using Slack

Incredibly helpful day-to-day.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Inconsistent
  • Direct messaging
  • Tagging other users
  • Adding URLs
  • Uploading docs
  • Adding calendar
  • Updating your email address
Yes - It's great!