The selection of software for cooperation support within a group of self-employed individuals

This bachelor thesis explores the selection of appropriate software solutions for co-ordination of activities within the group of self-employed individuals. The aim is to find and recommend the ideal solution which will be beneficial in terms of communication and data sharing under the predetermined conditions. The first part of thesis deals with the theoretical framework and is focused on the explanation of terminology and the description of basic methodological principles. This part of works is based on secondary literary and internet sources. The description of relations and activities within the group is followed by the analysis of the current state of communication and data management. Subsequently, the deficiencies of the system are examined and on the basis of these findings, the specific functional requirements and technical parameters of the new system are established. The next part of the thesis includes the comparison of chosen software tools according to the specific requirements and the description of the functionality of these tools. The compared applications are web-based file hosting services, then the specific Google Apps group and finally a cloud computing software IceWarp Mail Server (free access within the group). At the conclusion of bachelor thesis is evaluation and comparison an assessment applications and recommended the most suitable of it. The benefit of this work is comparison SaaS model applications suitable for collaboration, presentation of their functionality and selection a particular solution suitable of the self-employed group, by extension any group with similar needs and requirements.