Northern Management Task Meister Overview: 

Project Management Made Simple 

Task Meister is an internet-based task and project management tool that brings your project team together whether they work in the same office or hundreds of miles apart! Task Meister requires no special software and requires only a few minutes of time to learn! All that is needed is internet access, and you and your team members can stay on top of all the essential details of any project, grant, or contract. Still using dial up service? No problem – we’ve tested Task Meister from some of the remotest locations in Alaska, resulting in our accelerated “text” version of Task Meister which eliminates some of the graphics while retaining the same functionality of the “graphics” version. 

If you need to know who is doing what by when, 24 hrs per day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year, whether you are jamming away in the office or hundreds of miles away, Task Meister will enable you to stay in touch, on task, and in control of your projects’ success! 

Track the Complete History of Your Project, Milestone by Milestone: 

By breaking your project into tasks and assigning due dates as well as providing detailed instructions for each task using Task Meister, you can track the complete history of your project, milestone by milestone, from project initiation to the successful completion of your project!

Maintain a Running “Blog” for Each Task Assigned: 

By clicking on any task, you can track and edit changes related to each task, and keep your team members “in the loop” using Task Meister’s exclusive email notification system that automatically emails all team members each time a Task is added or changed.

Map Not only Your Tasks but Important Events to Your Calendar!

In Calendar view, you can tailor your calendar on the fly to show your events only, tasks only, or a combination of either, so you never have to miss an important deadline!

Task Meister Meets Non-Profit and Local Government Management!

Is your strategic plan collecting dust on the shelf because you lack a system to delegate and follow up on the myriad tasks required to realize your organization’s goals and objectives? Are you struggling to track the reporting requirements for state and federal grants and contracts? If so, Task Meister is the solution for you. Map your grant or contract’s reporting requirements using Task Meister, and then don’t stress about missing that crucial financial or progress report! 

By tracking the status of each project task, you can also use Task Meister to make your program narratives a cinch! Filter your task selection by project, and view and print each relevant task for an extremely thorough and detailed track record of your implementation efforts.

Features

 
Task field tracking
Task Meister tracks the following fields about each task:
Task Name
Task Description
Company Department (user-defined pick-list)
Project (user-defined pick-list)
Status (proposed, authorized, developed, tested, done, on-hold, cancelled)
Task Type (user-defined pick-list, ex: bug fix, enhancement, research, etc.)
Priority (high, low)
ETA (completion date)
Number of Hours (billable & actual)
Assigned By
Assigned To
"In the Loop" (automatically copied on task changes)
References (links to online documents)
Related Tasks (links to dependencies)

Custom notes
Custom notes may be added to any task to record promises made, including when and by whom, as well as intermediate milestones achieved, problems encountered, tests passed, progress notes, etc.

Email notifications
When a custom note is added, the "Assigned by" for the task is automatically notified via email.

Comments by the team
Anyone on the users list may be copied on a task comment or note.

Related tasks
Tasks may be noted dependent on another task.

New task announcement via email
An email message is automatically generated to the "Assigned to" person when a new task is added.

Multiple tasks selection
Tasks may be selected for viewing based on:
Company Department
Project
Status
Type
Priority
ETA (date range, past due, etc.)
Assigned By
Assigned To
Containing any designated text.
For example, "Show me all the overdue tasks from the Marketing Department assigned to J. Smith."

Hours totalizations
Hours are totaled for whatever tasks are selected.

Multiple sorts of task view
All task table columns may be sorted. For example, show tasks sorted by estimated completion date, grouped by person assigned.

Web page references
For tasks based on an existing web page or described in detail in an online specification or report, you can reference the URL and incorporate it into the task references.
This also works for MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, images, and many other file types.

Security and privilages
User security allows access privileges to be assigned by group membership:
Guest (adds proposed events)
Contractor (appends notes to their tasks)
Client (can add & modify their tasks)
Employee (can add & modify any task, and their events)
Sys Admin (add, modify, delete any task, event, user)
Sys Manager (a Sys Admin across multiple accounts)

Background traceability logs
Background traceability logs show who added, modified, or deleted a task (if they were allowed to), who changed a task status (to "Done", for example), and when.

Calendar
Switch back and forth between the table view and the calendar view (by due date) of a selected set of tasks.

Custom events
Integrate custom events, such as test dates, client meetings, rollout deadlines, etc.

Repetitive events
Add repetitive events such as weekly project reviews.

Clickable links
Send a message about a task without taking the time to describe the task — just embed a clickable link to the task page in the message.

Reference links
As tasks are completed, the reference link can be to a prototype or other online deliverable.

Clickable helps
Clickable help icons throughout provide usage tips for the field or command next to the help icon. The above is a partial list. If the feature you desire is not listed, ask a presale question and it may be in Task Meister. If not, we stand ready to produce a custom version to your requirements.
 

For more detailed information on Task Meister, see our slide demo, view our features page, or contact us at (907) 349-1010 and ask for Anthony Caole, MIIM, Sr. Management Consultant.