Project explorer (which is often referred to "Tree structure tool") is an integral tool of project management software. Being an enhanced version of the standard project view, project exploring tool allows to display a complete hierarchical tree structure of project content representing all of the data. With help of project exploring tool, a team leader can specify a subset of project components to include in the tree and make reorganization of selected items in the tree. Project explorer provides project-level folder access to project properties. When the team leader wants to explore project and drill down into its components, project exploring tool provides a convenience for working with the components that are located in a single database.

Being an integral tool of project management software, project explorer gives the following functionality:

If you're looking for exploration project tool to manage your projects better, you can use the following software:VIP Organizer(for personal use) and VIP Task Manager Professional (for group use).

VIP Organizer has a built-in Category Bar which serves as a project explorer for managing small personal projects. The software allows to explore project and manage tasks. You can use the project explorer of VIP Organizer to manage one or several projects in a single database file. The database can be protected by password. The project explorer allows to create folders and subfolders.

VIP Task Manager Pro has Task Tree view which serves as a project explorer to manage project layers, adjust user permissions to project data and filter project content. By using the exploration project tool of VIP Task Manager Pro, you can work with data and explore project through local network or Internet. The exploration project tool gives user permissions to project data. Each team member has individual or group permissions to layers of the project tree structure.