Driving a business means there is often a need to work at several projects at the same time. Managing many concurrent projects is a difficult and laborious task for one manager, because it requires handling multiple schedules, focusing on different objectives, dealing with different issues and controlling different resources. That's why in order to manage multiple projects properly business manager delegates his/her responsibilities and duties to reliable assistants (sub-managers). Process of managing multiple projects can be greatly facilitated and improved by using of software that provides certain important capabilities.
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Let's consider what main features should be provided by software for managing concurrent projects :
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managers - managing multiple projects requires participation of managers each of which controls his / her own project. That's why software for managing many ongoing projects should have the possibility to assign role of project administrator to multiple persons. VIP Task Manager is groupware for managing concurrent projects that has system of flexible access rights and roles delegating, so project managers can access one database simultaneously and effectively manage concurrent projects .
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Supporting performers - PM software should allow multiple project executers to access one database simultaneously to see, edit and report their tasks. VIP Task Manager is groupware for managing multiple projects that allows tracking and reporting tasks assigned to executers in real-time regime.
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Using different workflows for different projects - to manage ongoing projects you have to use different workflows according to specificity of projects . Software for managing many projects should have capability to combine different project parameters within one database. VIP Task Manager is multiple project management software that allows using different custom task attributes, different task workflows and different interface customization for different needs within one database.
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Establishing confidentiality and security - to manage concurrent projects within one database you have to make sure that users are able to view and edit only tasks that they are allowed. Such software must provide capability to set access rights permissions. VIP Task Manager is PM software that provides possibility to set access rights (to View, Edit and Delete) regarding each tasks and task group.
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