Integrated Professional Skills in the Digital Age

Integrated Professional
Skills in the Digital Age

Abstract
ICT is focused with storage, transmission and retrieval of digital data. ICT pale’s various
important role in an enterprise as it improves communication in organisation, increase efficiency
of day-to-day operation, enhance experience of customers and many more. Purpose of this report
is to gain knowledge about information and communication technologies. This report includes
discussion of project collaboration tools and its importance during covid-19 situation. It also
includes advantage and disadvantage of cloud computing and cloud storage for firm.

Table of Contents
Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................2
1.0 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................1
2.0 Literature review .......................................................................................................................1
2.1 Project collaboration tools ....................................................................................................1
2.2 Cloud storage:........................................................................................................................2
2.3 Cloud computing....................................................................................................................3
2.4 Privacy and security...............................................................................................................4
3.0 Analysis and discussion.............................................................................................................5
3.1 Project collaboration tools ....................................................................................................5
3.2 Privacy and security during pandemic ..................................................................................7
5.0 Recommendation.......................................................................................................................8
6.0 CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9

1.0 INTRODUCTION
Information and communication technology refers to extensional term which stress on
unified communication role as well as integration of computers, telecommunication and other
necessary software, storage, audio visual which allow users to store, access and transmit to
manipulate and understand information (Adnan, 2018). It includes different electronic products
which deal with various information in digital form. This project report discusses about project
collaboration tool and their importance for business which helps them in survive in global
pandemic situation by managing team virtually using different project collaboration tool like
zoom and other application. It includes discussion of cloud storage and cloud computing service
along with their advantage and disadvantage. This report also discusses about importance of ICT
for business during pandemic situation. Moreover, it identifies various issues related to security
and privacy in business.
2.0 Literature review
2.1 Project collaboration tools
According to views of Bridgstock (2019), Project Collaboration tools refers to software
which helps project managers as well as teams in order to simplify task and also in attaining
results. These tools are used for various reason including video conferencing, task management,
project monitoring, file transfers, instant messaging and many more. These tools help managers
to manage team through online mode but it is difficult to identify best suitable tool for
requirement of business. Project managers can develop different methods in order to assess
quality of each tool. Some of example of Project collaboration tool includes Office 365, Zoom,
Wrike, Asana, Teamwork, hangout, Slack. These project collaboration tools are used in solving
various challenges, fits practical needs, usability for team.
Use of these tool in covid-19 situation
Project Collaboration tool provide various benefits in situation of covid-19 as government has
put restriction over business and people to move out from their home in order to protect people
from disease. In this situation, business is using these project collaboration tool like Zoom and
hangout in order to complete project of business from their home. These tools help employees to
stay connected with each other for completion of project and also helps to reduce negative
impact over business cause by covid-19 situation. They can conduct virtual meeting by using
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