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Intelligence−Soft Project Management System

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Tasks

Task is a project-level entity. It means that each Task belongs to certain Project. Task denotes the single portion of logically related works within a Project, having its own description, duration and other properties listed below:

Abbr – abbreviation of the Task (limited to 9 characters) convenient for references in text documents, e-mail messages, etc. System automatically suggests default abbreviations “001”, “002”, “003”, etc., however user may change it as he wants.
Name – string (limited to 49 characters) representing Task's name.
Description - string (usually multiline) describing the Task
Type – one of the following: Addition, Bug, Issue, Modification.
Priority – one of the following: Urgent, High, Normal, Low
Status – one of the following: To do, In progress, To verify, Completed
Estimated hours - estimated amount of work in man-hours necessary to complete the Task
Start date - date when the implementation of the Task has been started. System automatically assigns the date when the first Daily report refering to this Task
Estimated end date – planned completion date of the Task
End date – date when Task status was changed to Completed
Milestone – reference to one of project’s Milestones. Each task normally should be associated with certain Milestone. This association indicates the latest possible completion date of the Task, which will not cause delay of other related Tasks. See Milestones for more details.
Assigned user – Team member to whom the task is allocated, responsible for the completion of the Task
Initiated by – Team member who entered the task into the system, date and time when the Task was entered.
Last modified by – Team member who made latest changes in any of the Task’s properties, date and time when modification was done.
% done – approximate percentage of the Task completed so far. Assigned user periodically changes the value of this property to indicate progress of his work.
Assigned Forum Topic – reference to Forum Topic containing this Task related discussion.

Project Management System automatically generates Warnings or Alarms to indicate Tasks, which need user’s attention. If Estimated end date overdue takes place (Task is not completed and current date is more than Estimated end date but less than associated Milestone date) then system marks such Task with Warning symbol in the list. If Milestone overdue takes place (Task is not completed and current date is more than associated Milestone date) then system marks such Task with Alarm symbol in the list.