Content collaboration tools provide an easy way for employees to use and share content both inside and outside the organizations. Since these tools can be used to collaborate with customers, partners and suppliers, they often provide rich security and privacy controls. Today, much of this functionality also can be found in other tools such as cloud office platforms, workstream collaboration platforms, content services platforms and content services applications. Functional differentiators in dedicated CCTs are difficult to identify.
Organizational chart software is a tool designed to create, edit, and view org charts, which visually represent the structure of an organization. These charts detail team structure, show reporting lines between team members, and often include employee data such as job titles and responsibilities. Key features of org chart tools include hierarchal structure diagram, integration with data sources such as HR databases to automatically populate employee data, extensive customization options to modify designs such as ability to color code departments or roles to clearly visualize the diagram. This HR software often also include predefined org chart templates, drag-and-drop editing, data import and export capabilities, collaboration tools and real-time data processing to enhance the onboarding experience.
Prototyping software provides tools to create and evaluate early versions of the products and applications before proceeding to the process of production. The software enables the designers to weave visuals, navigational elements, and interactions together to give a representation of the flow and usability of the final product. Prototyping software also allows designers and developers to review the prototypes for testing, providing feedback and collaborating in real-time to iterate rapidly. Some software also extends to the functionality of integrating with the existing tools in the organization.
Visual collaboration applications enable teams to communicate and creatively collaborate for asynchronous and real-time work activities on a blank, infinitely scalable shared digital canvas. These applications support colocated and remote users to create, co-edit, review and share precreated content to visualize complex ideas. Some vendors also provide extended capabilities such as voice and video communication, APIs to connect with other business applications, and predesigned templates for structured formats. The users can export created content in portable formats. These applications are generally offered as cloud-based SaaS products, but a few vendors offer on-premises and private cloud deployment options as well.