Project management for business

Project management for business is very important as this is a complex of functions and attitudes owned and administered by business organization’s direction to cope with successful accomplishing of all projects that the company undertakes. It (for each specific organization) should match the following requirements:

• It should be aligned with the best industrial practices and adapted to each company’s local specificity (industrial, managerial, etc);
• As far as PM for technology keeps being continually developed, the latest methodical achievements should be tracked, evaluated and implemented appropriately;
• As far as each company has its own workflow and business organization style, then it is necessary to help each company to concentrate at project matters which really make value and sense for their activities;
• It is necessary for each company to control not only projects, but also coordinate and integrate them with their strategic and tactical goals;
• It should be well-supported not only methodically, but also by good tools. For examples, with a help of special software products, like one represented below;

VIP Task Manager is client-server software that can be used for managing projects in different companies. Some specific descriptions of solutions, including different company types specificity outlines are explained in the following paragraphs:

• Healthcare – this is an industry which deals with health and life of patients (who play a role of customers), so that each particular case is a particular program which can be managed in terms of timelines, quality, scope, outputs, etc. VIP Task Manager can be used for driving best practices of a healthcare company. You can see capabilities and example of such a solution on this page: Healthcare company management software.

• Engineering and construction – it is very important for this industry to coordinate different departments and teams around objects to construct. In such a way it is necessary to manage co-operative efforts of engineers, designers, suppliers, contractors and on-site workers to complete such a construction project successfully. Construction company is outlined in special solution.  

• Marketing departments – As far as marketing office works to raise awareness of the company and its prominence in the industry and market, it is necessary for them to manage marketing campaigns and projects in order to better company’s positions. See the details here: Marketing department solution.

• Oil and gas – large engineering companies that work at projecting and maintaining some mining operations can simultaneously execute a considerable quantity of projects in different parts of the world. It is necessary for them to control status of every project, returns on their investments, projects’ timelines, milestones, etc. You can see special solution for PM for business and engineering company on our web-site. 

• Manufacturing – this type of management stands for production planning which is focused on delivering results according to different aspects, such as satisfying outer demand for goods, company’s capacities and inventory, materials available, etc. In this context VIP Task Manager can help you to:
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative planning of goods to produce;
  • Schedule deliverance of production bulks (set, plan and control production goals);
  • Controlling and planning production in terms of costs, time, numbers, priorities, etc.
  • Coordinate and analyze data received from different departments to generate appropriate decisions on planning production;

• Project management for human resources – it is necessary in many companies not only to control projects, but also their corporate human resources engaged into these projects, so that company management can know who and how contributes in the shared efforts, in order to check working time, remunerations, etc. You can see solutions for HR management on these pages: Human Resource department and Human Resources company software solution.

• Pharmaceutical industry – it is an example of very specific industry where VIP Task Manger can be applied for improving communications and project management. Let’s briefly consider how this program can be used for the purpose of biopharmaceuticals:
  • For planning production of medicaments;
  • For recording and tracking statuses of contacts;
  • For managing HR issues (planning working shifts, vacancies, working hours, tasks, etc);