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Monday, January 06, 2003 Go to this day's page

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Windley, formerly Utah CIO, blogs his @Task product briefing.

@Task combines workflow, collaboration, and project management to actually drive the project or process from the tool rather than using it as simply a static document that records progress. Because it assigns tasks to group members based on the workflow and tracks completion, a manager can see at a glance where the project is, who's got unfinished deliverables, and so can everyone else. Consequently, the tool functions as a dashboard and uses tranparency to enforce good behavior. They're using SOAP to interface with traditional CRM and ERP systems like PeopleSoft so that hours, for example, can be entered into the accounting system from the project tracking tool automatically.

All in all, I think it sounds like a great improvement over other project tools I've seen. One of the things I was thinking is that it would be a great tool to build a lot of software development processes. Most of these are enforced by culture and training with little tool support to help foster the correct process.

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