Job tracking software for project and business management

Job tracking software is an essential solution for today's successful management of employees. It allows gathering information about all attributes of a task to analyze performance and measure effectiveness. For example, you can use such software to review such job attributes as cost, duration, deadline, number of assigned workers, working hours spent etc., and then use these attributes to calculate effectiveness of each constructionworker per hour worked and per dollar spent.

Job tracking software can be applied to many fields and areas of business. Being a complex solution that combines tools for planning, monitoring and reporting jobs and tasks, such software can be also used for managing projects. It allows creating a centralized database which safely keeps all project data and documents. Project team members can log in the database to access their lists of assignments and jobs. Project manager can use forms to keep track of current project progress and monitor team performance. that software allows managing the whole life-cycle of project.

You can use task sheets to review ongoing activities of users. No matter whether you run a project or business process, such software helps you control job progress. The dashboard of job tracking software will show you all attributes of job, so you can take corrective actions and solve many problems (such as procrastination, delay, lack of resources).

There are several kinds of job tracking software , and if you want to get an example of such software to manage your projects, you may face the problem of choice. To help you with this problem, here are the most widely used kinds:

• Open source is a free solution that anyone can download, install and use. Users like job tracking software freeware because it doesn’t require any investment, only registration is often required. Open source software allows modifying original code and creating customized solutions. The problem is that most users do not know how to program, and standard functionality of open source freeware is rather weak.
• Shareware is a solution that can be downloaded and used for free during an evaluation period. The idea of shareware is to allow users to evaluate and try features of job tracking software prior to purchasing.

Both kinds of job tracking solutions can be web based and desktop based. Web based packages allow using Internet browsers to access jobs and tasks, collaborate with users, and share information. Online job tracking software requires regular payments per user account. Desktop solutions are rather functional. They do not require regular payments. Desktop solutions allow accessing job tracking databases over local area network and Internet.

VIP Task Manager uses a client-server platform that allows you to create a centralized satabase to store information about your projects and business processes. The system supports user collaboration allowing you to use sheets for monitoring tasks and assignments of your employees.