@task Product Details

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Features:

Task Management

• Interactive Gantt ChartNew Project Management Feature
• Task Approval
• Audit Trails
• Threaded Notes Discussion
• Task Issue Management
• Multiple Resource Task Assignments
• Task Worksheets
• Bulk Task Edit
• Dynamic List Grouping
• Global Tasks
• Critical Path Analysis
• Time–Tracking
• Milestone Tracking
• Ordered Task Numbering
• Multiple Timeline Options (Planned, Projected, Estimated)
• Advanced Tasks Constraints (As Soon As Possible, As Late as Possible, etc.)
• Advanced Tasks Dependencies
• Attach Templates
• Status Indicator Views
• Set Task Priority

Resource/Team Management

• Capacity Planning
• Time tracking and timesheet
• Exception reporting
• Resource Allocation Percentage
• Resource Security Management/Access Management
• Labor Cost Reports
• Organizational Chart
• Global Portal Profiles
• Skills/Role Management
• Custom Work Profiles

Issue Management/Helpdesk

• Manage Issues/Requests, Change Orders, and Bug Submissions
• Define Routing Rules for Issues
• Integration with Projects
• Dashboard and Roll Up Views of Helpdesk
• Define Queue Topics
• Resolvable Objects
• Private and Public Queues
• Custom Web–Form Submission

Document Management

• Check In and Check Out
• Version Control
• Image Thumbnail Preview
• Approvals
• Threaded Document Notes
• File and Directory Archiving
• Document Security
• Attach Documents to Projects, Tasks, & Issues

Project Collaboration and Communication

• Issue Tracking
• Document Management
• Threaded Notes on Projects, Tasks, Issues, and Documents
• Manual and Automated Notifications via e-mail
• Personal and Shared Calendars
• Audit Trails
• JMS Messenging

Timesheet Management

• Hours Reconciliation
• Customizable Timesheets
• Date Range Zoom
• Custom Hour Types
• Real–Time Hours Entry

Project Scheduling

• Collaborative Calendaring
• Interactive Gantt ChartNew Project Management Feature
• Schedule Conflict Analysis
• Multiple Work Calendars
• Multiple Predecessor Types
• Multiple Lag–Time Options
• Multiple Schedule Constraints
• Fixed Date Support for tasks
• Multiple Durations Options
• Global Tasks
• Multiple Timeline Options
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Advanced Resource Scheduling

Reporting and Analysis

• Project Trend AnalysisNew Project Management Feature
• New Reporting ToolsNew Project Management Feature
• Saved Searches
• Random/Wildcard Searches
• Custom Views and Profiles
• Earned Value
• Ad-Hoc Reporting
• Labor Cost Analysis
• Cost/Revenue Analysis
• Data Export (TSV/CSV)
• Support Integration to 3rd Party Reporting Applications (Crystal)

Custom Data Management

• User–Definable Data/Fields
• User–Definable Views
• User–Definable Portals/Tabs
• Custom Data Integration
• Custom Data Protection

Technology/Architecture

• AJAXNew Project Management Feature
• Easy Install Process
• Platform Independent (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris, UNIX)
• Database Independent (Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL)
• Browser Independent (IE, Firefox, Safari)
• 100% Web–Based
• Next Generation Architecture– (Link to Arch Doc)
• HTML only
• No Desktop Management
• Horizontally Scalable with Server Clustering

Integration

• SDK/Java Docs
• Web Services API Support– (J2EE, SOAP, or by Native Macromedia Flash)
• JMS Messenging
• Event Handlers/Hooks
• MS Project Import/Export
• Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
• Importing of User and Role Information
• TSV/CVS Data Export
• User Profiles can be integrated to External Authentication (LDAP, Active Directory, NDS)

Security

• Access Levels
• Groups
• Scope Control
• Advanced security framework

Ease Of Use

• FavoritesNew Project Management Feature
• Tabbed Navigation Interface
• Customizable Tabs
• Bulk Update, Edit, Delete
• Dynamic Grouping, Sorting and Filtering on Lists
• Application Context (Bread Crumbing)
• At–a–Glance edit screen
• Project and Task Worksheets
• Contextual Product Help

System Requirements

Application Server
• 20–75 Users– Dedicated server with 1G+ of RAM
• 75–150 Users– Dedicated server with 1–2GB of RAM and server-class CPU
• 150–500 Users– Dedicated server with 2GB+ RAM and dual server-class CPUs
• 500+ Users*– @task supports clustering (see architecture layout). We recommend a cluster of nodes configured to the 150-500 user specification and a high-availability database configuration
• Database
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Oracle 8i or higher
• MySQL 5x or higher**
• **Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle is recommended for installations with over 500 users.

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, 2003)
• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Any operating system capable of running Java 1.4.2 or higher.

Web Browser (client/user)

• Internet Explorer 6+
• Firefox 1+
• Safari

* Professional Services are available to help with this type of configuration

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A complete list of features and side-by-side comparisons are available on the Project Management Software Review HomePage.

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