Method and apparatus for planning and monitoring multiple tasks and employee work performance based on user defined criteria and predictive ability

An apparatus for monitoring and managing a project, comprising:

• a management module for breaking a project into a plurality of tasks, for setting a tasking horizon and for each of said plurality of tasks, associating at least two predetermined verbs with the respective task;
• at least one task assignment station for receiving information of at least one task having a task related event expected to be performed during said tasking horizon, said at least one task being among said plurality of tasks, for entering a respective predicted date for each of at least one task related event relevant to the performance of said at least one task, for entering a respective actual date for each of said at least one task related event, each actual date corresponding to a respective predicted date for one task related event, and also for entering a selected one of said at least two predetermined verbs for each actual date entered;
• wherein said management module and said task assignment station are operationally connected and wherein said management module receives predicted dates and actual dates entered at said task assignment station;
• and
• a human resources module for providing real time performance information for said plurality of tasks based on corresponding predicted dates, actual dates and verbs entered into the at least one task assignment station for each task expected to have a task related event performed during said tasking horizon.