Task Pro

TaskPro is another database program designed to help project managers keep on top of personnel assigned to different projects. It is not a project management tool in the strictest sense of the word. It doesn't work with Gantt charts or CPM networks of events and tasks. TaskPro's help file has a section that deals with the "TaskPro Concept". The following screen shot explains what TaskPro is good for.

The data entry screen, shown below could almost be mistaken for an HP Palmtop customized database (except for the two-lined column headers and pull down menu.)

The pull down menu, shown below, has an option for report generation.

If you're familiar with the subset and smart clip features of the HP Palmtop database, you should be able to figure out how to emulate TaskPro's "folders". (They're another name for a "subset".) The HP database would let you build "folders" around projects or personnel without having to specify how you wanted to do this before you start entering data. The biggest benefit to using the Palmtop's database would be that you could save disk space and the cost of registering one more piece of software.

On the other hand, if you don't want to create your own custom database, you might give TaskPro a try to see if it meets your task/personnel tracking needs.

TaskPro is available for a shareware registration fee of $59.95 from

 Business Technologies
    P.O. Box 291861
 Tampa, FL  33687-1861
       (U.S.A)

 phone: 1-800-688-6163

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