Using the Tasking Tool in IMSMANG

The Tasking tool allows operations staff to create Task dossiers by grouping useful information for planning and monitoring a Task. The Tasking tool includes Land to be addressed (that is, the objective of the Task) and planned Work Items such as Activities, Assistance, Education and QMs. All Auxiliary data and all items can be included in the Task as Related Information.

Depending on local standard operating procedures (SOPs), the Tasking tool can be used to manage activities for one Land or several Land, or for monitoring a specific Organisation that was tasked.

All the compiled information related to the specified Task can be viewed and printed from the Task manager or the Task Editor window.

Introduction

The Tasking tool allows Mine Action Programmes to perform Task planning and tracking within IMSMA^NG. Tasks are created by selecting Objectives (Land) and then plan work items (Activities, Assistance, Education activities and QMs) to it. All Auxiliary data and all items can be included in the Task as Related Information.

Using the Tasking Tool, operation managers can group items together for issuing to different organisations and for project tracking purposes.

Similar to items, Tasks can be customised to include CDFs. Tasks, however, are somewhat different from items in that they are entered and modified directly in IMSMA^NG without using Data Entry Forms or the approval process. This means that historical data about Tasks is not tracked (except for status change) and any updates made to Tasks automatically replace previous data.