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You can use Google Slides to create your presentation, Google Docs to write notes, Google Jamboards for your initial brainstorming and Google Sheets to calculate your costs together. Google sheets can also be used to construct a compliance matrix which can keep track of who is doing what task within the company.  \n[Tinyurl.com](Tinyurl.com)  \nTinyurl is a brilliant service to make the shared link to join the team Google Drive easier to input and distribute.  \nOnedrive  \nAnother way to keep all of your resources in a single place. This has the advantage of having access to the more powerful PowerPoint and Excel (relative to the google equivalents) but comes at the expense of being far more laggy when being used by all 50 people in your company (which was always a deciding factor for the author against this option)  \nAlternative Presentation Software  \nBoth of the above options for Organisational Software also come with the capability to create presentations, which makes them more highly recommended than the software below. However, for the ISSDC, you often are restricted in what software you can use by what students in other countries can access so it is good to be aware of these options.  \nPrezi Keynote  \nWPS Office-used for competitions in China  \nDocs.qq-Tenecent software, also for use in China (but banned in India)  \nThere are many more, but these are ones I have seen used at international competitions before due to their greater flexibility in different countries. They are not really recommended for any other reasons though.  \nCalculation Software  \nMicrosoft Excel (primary)  \nSpreadsheet software without the limitations of Google Sheets. Depending on the required output for your project, this is likely to be the only calculation software you need.  \nPython  \nA quick to learn, powerful and versatile programming language with many available editing environments. Python is a good alternative to Excel for tasks that require iterations or cannot easily be couched in the format of a spreadsheet. Our suggested editor for newcomers is IDLE.  \nAny other coding language  \nWe recommend python above because it is quite easy to learn. However if you already have experience with another language then you can achieve the same functionality with almost any coding language.  \nArtistic Software  \n[Draw.io](Draw.io)  \n[https://www.draw.io](https://www.draw.io)  \nAn online 2D diagram software with Google Drive integration. Use it to create flowcharts, system diagrams, or room layouts. Download desktop .exe or.dmg if you wish for greater reliability with larger diagrams.  \nPhotoshop or Paint.NET  \n[https://www.getpaint.net/](https://www.getpaint.net/)  \nMost CAD softwares will no","cbCaimuYg6F3nqZC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimuYg6F3nqZC","pdf",63287,"English","# Organisational Software\n## Google Drive (Recommended)\n## Alternative Presentation Software\n## Calculation Software\n# Artistic Software\n# Specialist Software for UKSDC\n# Computer Aided Design (CAD)\n## Which CAD Software to use\n## CAD Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"Which organisational software is recommended for UKSDC resources?\",\"answer\":\"Google Drive is the advised way to create and share resources. 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