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Project Manager's Software
Let's see what software tools can help a project manager cope with the job.
Project manager needs to define project goals and reduce them to a list of tasks. Task management software is an important project manager's tool.
Project manager has to delegate duties to team members, assign tasks and create a schedule of works. So, scheduling is the next demand.
Establishing effective collaboration within each team and between teams is very important for successful and timely project accomplishment. So, project manager's software should include team management functionality.
Project manager have to be in control of the workflow. It's important to see the statuses of the tasks and re-assign them if necessary, see what tasks are finished, what are in process and what are unbegun.
Multi-user project manager's tool can have additional benefits. When many people are involved in the project, it could be useful to give some of them (for example, team leaders) access to project manager's tool. Naturally, the users should have different roles and permissions.
Project management often requires considerable documents circulation. Project manager's software can include document management functionality and be used to store and share electronic documents and images of paper documents. |