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Strategic business careful planning is a necessary background of successful company development. Strategic approach to planning requires elaboration of business planning policy which is supported by appropriate planning book.
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Most of business organizations establish their planning policy based on generally accepted standards and statements of project and task management. This planning policy can be elaborated within special planning manual. Such planning handbook documents company approaches to work planning and is an actual guide to planning for managers of different levels. The corporate planning book may include project and work planning rules adapted to specific industry and business.
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Corporate planning guidance should include description of methods and mechanisms that are used within both long-range and short-range planning. System approach to planning policy ensures high-quality and careful planning on all levels of business structure. Corporate planning guidance is an instrument which ensures integrity of whole company planning as one mechanism and supports company strategic business planning. Planning manual (manager's official planning handbook) explains company goals, determines directions of business development, sets the standards and basics of planning and defines how managers of all levels should schedule their business processes, activities and tasks in order to fit main company line and strategy. Besides, corporate guide to planning includes guidelines and rules for careful planning (allocation) of available business resources - human, financial and time. Such work planning book may have different chapters for different departments to meet their specifics and be updated each certain period of time.
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| The essential part of corporate planning policy is standard of planning software. VIP Task Manager is a task management groupware solution which became a corporate work planning and reporting standard within many companies. VIP Task Manager combines capabilities of project management software (for example planning of the tasks within Task Tree), personnel management software (employees can report about their work performance) and real-time collaboration suit (users can share documents, files and work progress). VIP Task Manager is built on basis of client-server technology and provides multiple users with possibility to access one database simultaneously. | |
VIP Task Manager is an excellent solution for small & medium size enterprises because it features:
- Simultaneous multiple users access via LAN or/and Internet
- Organizing and staffing the project office and team
- Careful planning of tasks, processes, procedures etc.
- Setting of timelines, priorities, tasks order and workloads
- Time, quantity and cost control
- Task Tree, Task List and Scheduler (Calendar) modes
- Work performance tracking and analyzing
- Sharing of documents, files and links
- Access rights management
- Instant e-mail and in-system notifications
- Customizing of task attributes and workflows
- Free server part and no recurring fees
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