Publisher review:Action Item Manager application allows you to organize your projects on line. If your projects are deadline-driven and "ad-hoc", meaning instant production and delegation of work rather than detailed planning ahead of time, you can use Action Item Manager.
It is as easy to use as any to-do list, yet surprisingly powerful in its application.
Features:
Action Item List. In the center of the system is a list of action items. Each item has a name, an optional description, and a deadline. Additional fields describe category, status, client, and project.
Assignments. Once an item is described it can be assigned to anyone in your team. The assignment can be accompanied with additional instructions. While assigned, the assignee is the temporary owner of the action item, which amongst other things allows him to then forward the assignment to the next person. Assignments and instructions are logged for review.
Item Manager. The originator of an action item remains manager of the item, and even while the item is assigned to someone else, the manager can update or add more information. The item manager can also forward this responsibility and make someone else item manager.
Time Reports. The item manager and all assignees over the lifetime of an action item can record time against the action item. Time reports can be accompanied by progress description and the information is logged for review.
File Attachments. Action items can have files attached, often collected while the items travel from on person to the next. This is a great feature, if documents get revised as part of the activity.
Files don't get deleted or overwritten, new versions are added as item owners and managers make them available. Files can be accompanied by descriptive information and both are logged for review and download.
Grouping, Filtering, and Sorting. The action item list can be grouped and / or filtered by any of the following: team, item type, manager, assignee, completion status, status, client, project, custom fields, and importance. The filtered and grouped action list can then be sorted within the groups by any column.
The combination of these methods allow for very flexible views of your data, e.g. you could say: For client X, show me grouped by project, all items where John is assigned, sorted by item importance.
Custom Fields. In version 4, we have provided for 4 custom fields, which can be labeled for your own purposes. For example, in an Agile software development team, you may want to use "Release", "Iteration", and "User Story" as categories.
It would allow you to organize your requirements, use cases, development tasks, test cases, bugs and issues, etc. nicely underneath any such custom hierarchy. Other examples would include "branch location", "approval status", "type of work", etc.
Dashboards and Summary Views. The Dashboard shows a pie chart with one slice per category group. If the Item List is grouped by Priority, as in our screen shot, the pie chart shows the amount proportions between Critical, High Importance, Medium Importance, and Low Importance action items.
If the Item List is not grouped, the default Dashboard shows a Health Chart, categorized by Items Due Today, Items Past Due, Items Closed, Items in Progress (assigned), and Items Unassigned. summary views include Files across all items, Weekly Deadline Calendar, Time, and Expenses. Charts and summaries are interactive, meaning you can click on an item or a segment in a pie chart to further filter the item list.
Reporting. It provides 3 standard reports for exporting action items, time reports, and expenses into Microsoft Excel. The report generated will use the same filters as you see on screen. A fourth report exports full item details, including change log, assignment history, and the last version of the extra-long item description into a printable HTML format.
This last report can be used on individually selected items. Groups, Teams and Permissions. By default every user can only view action items he/she is either manager of or is assigned to.
Action Item Manager provides for additional permissions that will allow users of definable user teams to do more, such as view all items, edit all items, view time reports and expenses. You can use Groups for additional, departmental separation of teams and users. Only the System Administrator can access across Groups, all other users remain within their Group.
Action Item Manager 4.0 is a ASP.NET script for Organizers scripts design by softalot llc.
It runs on following operating system: Windows.
Operating system:Windows
Action Item Manager 4.0 script details 
