How do you keep track of future tasks

How do you keep track of future tasks, responses due and upcoming events? Do you make note of the outcome of a meeting and agreed upon next steps? Were any documents presented that should be kept as a record?  

While electronic calendars and Blackberrys can provide a list of meetings and reminders, they fall short with providing a history of what actually happened. Instead, you may want to consider a simple document tracking system. These systems can track complex contract agreements and the action items associated with the performance of the contract including milestones, deliverables due, bond Nike Shox Clearance,expirations and payments. Another application is sales tracking were support and orders are tracked. Perhaps you have a project or event which requires planning and follow-up. With a document tracking system, any of the above or similar activities can be easily managed.

Most document tracking systems have an 'action item' or 'tracking item' capability. Each of these action items may have an item description, detail notes, due dates and completion dates with reports that will list items due soon or past due. The software typically allows you to attach documents to the Nike Shox Cheap,action item for historical reference, such as the actual contract in PDF, an Excel file with statistics, agendas or any other documents that are associated with the action item. These action items provide a quick way to both plan an upcoming event and to review what happened in the past.

Consider a contract - do you know when the contract expires? Do you have a record of changes to agreements? What are the milestones and deliverables? When are they due and were they completed? Are the notes and handouts from meetings stuffed in a file cabinet? Could you quickly recreate the events leading up to critical decisions? If you used a document tracking system, all of these could be Nike Shox Deliver,logged as action items under the contract, with detailed notes and dates maintained for quick reference and planning.