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"Task management is the process of managing a task (or task portfolio) through its life cycle, including planning, testing, tracking and reporting. Task management can help either individuals achieve goals, or groups of individuals collaborate and share knowledge for the accomplishment of collective goals. Tasks also differentiate by complexity, from low to high." [Task management in Wikipedia]
"Effective task management supposes managing all aspects of a task, including its status, priority, time, human and financial resources assignments, recurrency, notifications and so on. These can be lumped together broadly into the basic activities of task management." [Task management in Wikipedia]
Business Task Management
There are many advantages to managing business tasks in a company, organisation, college or business. These include being able to see all of the tasks being worked on by people in the company. It is also useful for keeping an audit history of the tasks worked on by different people on a team.
Successful business tasks management requires that the tasks themselves are adequately described and detailed in the task management system. Writing a description and title for a task helps an employee think more about what is required for a specific task. Articulating the task also helps the person find a solution.
Online Task Management
The internet enables businesses to easily create, edit, delete and manage tasks for their business online. Web based software has many benefits; it does not require any installation, can be access from home, office or mobile/cell phone and anywhere in the world.
When deciding on which online task management software is right for your team or business, there are a few things to consider. Determine how flexible the software is in managing a wide range of tasks. Also check whether or not you can easily edit tasks, add tables, images, change fonts, sizes and colors. You may also need to attach files to tasks and assign tasks to different people in your organisation.
Some task management software might even be able to easily track the amount of time spent working on specific tasks. Software such as Mijura PriorityCentre automatically track time based on the days and hours you spend at work, in addition to manually starting and stopping a timer. Tasks can be moved from one team member or employee to another. This will track the time spent on a task by each person and display a pie chart showing who spent the most time on a task.
From the image above you can see how a task management application shows you exactly what each person on a team is doing. Some application might have a task list or a todo list for each team member. This will enable managers to see the pipeline of tasks for staff in their organisation.