Job assignment vs. Job allocation software

Generally, the terms "job allocation" and "job assignment" are similar and can be equivalently used when planning and managing jobs and tasks of employees. Therefore, allocation software and assignment software are similar solutions that help managers allocate or assign resources. If you start looking for either assignment software or allocation software in Internet, you will find both definitions, and a number of websites will offer you various solutions that help you develop job assignment forms and make job assignments . In this article, features of typical task allocation/assignment packages are given.

What is job allocation ( and assignment)? It is an activity that refers to distributing jobs and tasks among employees according to their skills and abilities and in compliance with existing work plans and schedules. Such a definition can be used in business management and project management.

A typical software solution features functionality that allows you to take care of all aspects of job management, including the following:

• Task planning. You can create and use templates to plan work efforts of your employees, develop work schedules, manage working time, and set short-term and long-term objectives. That software will help you plan workflows and processes and solve many problems that usually appear at the first stages of employee organization. You will be able to share your work plans with assistants who help you in task planning.

• Task tracking. It is a necessary activity to keep tasks and jobs of employees on track and control their performance. Job assignment software will allow you to track work efforts of your staff members, monitor their pending and completed tasks, and measure performance and productivity. You can monitor existing algorithms and make assessments of their efficiency. Collaboration tools of assignment software will let you share your duties with assistants and assign employee supervisors.
• Task reporting. By means of that software , you can collect information on progress and status of tasks and jobs by creating reports on a regular basis. Your employees will be able to create and submit daily/weekly/monthly reports. Such reports will allow you to summarize job performance and assess effectiveness of job allocation algorithms and schemes.

VIP Task Manager offers special tools that allow you to plan, track and report tasks and jobs of your employees. You can use Task List tool and Scheduler view to plan and manage tasks. VIP Task Manager has Reports Builder that lets you generate task reports in HTML/Excel format. It is a multi-user job allocation software solution that uses powerful client-server technologies allowing users to connect to a single database over local network or Internet. VIP Task Manager lets send tasks to e-mail addresses of your employees – this is like sending letters by e-mail. Together with tasks you can also send attached files and links.