Project manager basic working procedures

Most of the options required for project manager users are included in the Projects section of Projetex 7.0. Since primary purpose of Projetex 7.0 is project management — most of program windows are intended for project managers. The procedures below merely point out some of the areas in the program.

In general, Project Management in Projetex 7.0 consists of the following primary steps:

Step 1 – Creating a project. This includes entering project data to Projetex 7.0 database, setting deadlines, and managing project files. See the following topics for details:

Step 2 – Splitting the Project into a number of billable client jobs, each of which can have a certain volume and price. See the following topics for details:

Step 3 – Assigning different portions of client jobs to translators (or "Experts"). This involves splitting client jobs into smaller one-man assignments: creating corporate jobs and freelance jobs, each of which can be assigned to an in-house translator (or "corporate expert") or to a freelancer. See the following topics for details:

Step 4 – Submitting jobs to corporate experts. This step has to deal with Issuing printable job assignments as well as providing necessary project files to corporate experts. See the following topics for details:

Step 5 – Subcontracting some portions of project work. This involves issuing printable purchase orders (or Pos) to freelance experts. Each purchase order has a number of freelance jobs, with their volumes and prices. See the following topics for details:

Step 6 – Tracking project and job progress with the help of Schedules and reports. See the following topics for details:

Step 7 – Closing completed jobs and projects, issuing and approving printable invoices to client, based on agreed payment terms. See the following topics for details: