For effective management of tasks and working hours it is required to use software that helps track work status, monitor durations and measure performance. Such software allows creating timesheets, to-do lists and various kinds of templates to plan and estimate an expected amount of working time an employee takes to perform a typical task (from start to finish).

Task completion time software is successfully used in project management. It lets create and manage typical metrics for time scheduling and tracking. When you start a new project you can use such a kind of project management software to make timesheets and estimates for calculating unmovable and fixed dates within the overall project timeline. For example, in MS Excel it can be figured out by using specific formulas that make a deduction between planned start time and expected finish time. 

Advanced examples of project management software that features functionality to allow using milestones and schedules for tracking working hours within projects. For example, you can define and measure task completion in MS Project with help of Gantt chart and lists of milestones. MS Project makes it easier for you to keep track of the time constraint during your project’s progress and measure current status of each task against the time baseline. 

VIP Task Manager is a project management software example that features tools for planning, calculating and tracking working hours within projects. For instance, it features Calendar view that lets you display project schedules and timelines with tasks’ start time and finish time. You can drag and drop tasks on Calendar and extend/shrink durations. 

Actually Calendar view is like a built-in tool for time planning and tracking. It’s similar to functionality for managing task completion in MS Outlook . Meanwhile, VIP Task Manager uses another database management system that does not require MS Server and is available for free. The server component of VIP Task Manager can be installed both on Windows Server and Linux Server. This capability gives you more advantages to setting and tracking durations, as compared to managing activities in SharePoint .