Online project management software
The growth of information streams in business, manufacture, science, culture demands proper response. Including information technologies. Every year the expenditure of large quantity of paper becomes more burdensome as the information stored in such carriers is much less dynamical than electronic one.
It is necessary to tell that the concept of online project management software exists any more decades. However till now this concept is realized only partially. There are some reasons:
1. Psychological one. It’s clear that the work with the information (creation, transfer, processing, storage) in electronic form demands accustoming;
2. The automated systems of online project management software demand good knowledge of computing and computer techniques, as well as high throughput of information channels, knowledge of adaptability to manufacture of algorithms of work with electronic document workflows;
3. The automated systems of online project management software demand serious legal support. It is still necessary to solve a question with the formation of high-grade legal base of electronic document workflow, the systems of electronic commerce, as well as the standard-legal base of electronic document workflow and the digital signature.
As known, the process of organizational management in the conditions of market economy demands the optimum accurate organization of all company including the personnel. In these conditions if some regulations of activity are introduced in the organization (first of all, concerning document workflow), the information technologies can become the catalyst of effective development of companies and all economy.
The management of electronic document workflow is the organization of movement of documents between organizational departments and departments, as well as groups of users or separate users. Obviously that the “movement” of documents in this case it not their moving to space (they remain in the server), and the cession of rights on usage with the corresponding notice of colleagues and the execution control.
The basic purpose of online project management software consists in the organization of storage of electronic documents, as well as in the work with them (for example, search in attributes and contents). In the automated systems of electronic document workflow there is also an authorized access to the documents.