Collaboration Definitions: different kinds and software to manage

Business collaboration definition: it is a regular (officially regulated and coordinated) process of mutual work-related interrelations between:

• independent business entities;
• units or members of one organization;
• stakeholders of a business endeavor;
• members of one workgroup;

A character of specific type of collaboration can vary from direct physical interactions at working operations, to informational support, coaching and guiding.

Enterprise-level: collaboration at enterprises is governed by functional needs, rational grounds, internal regulations, and local corporate culture. This kind is sub-divided into several possible kinds, including the following ones:

• Vertical: “manager-employees” model of collaboration meaning that a superior executive collaborates with lower subordinated managerial levels (usually it is about leading and governing the working processes, controlling and verification the working results).
• Horizontal: “employee-employee” model when peer employees collaborate at their common (shared) working tasks, so it may take place for example within one department, team, etc.
• Lateral: the rare practice (irregular) of working collaboration between cross-functional executives whose positions reside at different managerial lines and areas. 

CentriQS is a client-server program that allows establishing collaborative relations at workflow and tasks.

To perform collaborative tasks – do the following:

• start your project planning software;
• set a suitable layout of task groups to represent the project;
• prioritize your tasks and define how to lead your group through them;
• plan and schedule tasks and project arrangements in terms of target dates, costs, time, etc;
• assign tasks to doers and control their productivity in real-time;

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CentriQS Tracking Tasks Solution Task Time Tracking in CentriQS is very flexible. Users can track time they spend on tasks both manually by entering actual/remaining task duration or adding time logs and automatically by using task timer that adds time logs when you pause or stop it. Task property "Deviation" informs users whether they are "On Schedule", "Ahead of Schedule" or "Behind Schedule" by calculating the difference between "Estimate" and "Actual+Remain".