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Task management is a formalized process of managing a personal or team task throughout its life cycle by means of to-do lists or task lists. Task management includes many activities to carry a task from its initiation through completion. Planning, tracking and reporting tasks are the main processes of task management.
In order to manage all aspects of tasks (time, assignment, status, priority, recurrence, reminder, notification, etc.), task management software is required. Software products that help manage tasks can be divided into the following types:
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- Simple task management software and advanced task management software. Simple task management software provides basic functionality to create, schedule, prioritize, categorize, and filter simple to-do lists. Advanced task management software allows creating unique task parameters and task workflow statuses to customize projects and to-do lists according to users needs.
- Task management tool and task management system. Often task management tool is a standalone software product that helps plan, schedule, prioritize, track, report tasks within a single database. Task management system allows integrate various tools into a unified solution.
- Personal task management software and team task management software. Personal task management software is usually a single-user product for personal needs. Team task management software is a multi-user solution that facilitates teamwork and team collaboration.
- Project task management software and calendar task management software. Project task management software presents tasks as a hierarchical structure. Calendar task management software displays tasks as schedules and agendas. Also things task management software or GTD task management software should be mentioned as it shows tasks mostly as a plain list (categorized or prioritized).
- Online task management software and office network task management software. Online task management software (aka web based task management software and PHP task management software) stores all information on remote web servers and allows accessing tasks, projects and calendars through Internet. Office network task management software supports collaboration between office employees through local area network.
- Mobile task management software and desktop task management software. Mobile task management software (ex.: task management software iphone, task management software blackberry, etc.) is a portable task management solution that lets store and manage tasks and all related information by using handheld devices, so users can always keep their tasks "on hand". Task management software for pc or laptops lacks such mobility still provides users with much more features and flexibility.
- Task management software for Windows and task management software for Mac. Often these types of task management software solutions offer almost the same functionality to manage tasks, but task management software for Windows can be run under Microsoft Windows operated PC, while task management software for Mac is compatible with Apple Macintosh PC only.
- Microsoft task management software and alternative task management software. Microsoft task management software includes a set of products default or additional to MS Office task management software: MS Outlook task management software and MS Project task management software, (sometimes MS Access task management software and MS Excel task management software are also used for that purpose). Still many users search for alternative task management software (for example, Google task management software, VIP Task Manager, etc.) because such products offer better functionality or user interface.
- Task management freeware vs. Task management shareware. Free task management software (also called 'open source task management software') saves user's money but often doesn't meet user's requirements. That's why many users search for the best task management software that will fit their needs perfectly.
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VIP Task Manager is desktop task management software for Windows that can be referred to the several types mentioned above. It is advanced task management software still very simple in use. It can be used both as a standalone product and as a task management system; for personal use and as a team task management software. It has task tree view for project management, scheduler view for calendar management and task list view for GTD management. It is perfect for LAN and also optimized for Internet access. It can be tested for free within 30 days and many users tell us it is the best task management software.
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