Constantly changing market conditions require top managers to use succession planning tools that help identify strengths of existing workforce at present and avoid talent shortages in the future. Successful workforce management involves business leaders in implementing special succession planning systems for making vital decisions regarding short-term and long-term needs of employees. Such systems empower decision makers with time saving tools for reviewing and using critical information they need for employee retention and succession planning.

Typical succession planning application software gives a suite of tools that help perform the following activities:

• Identify and track potential of high performers.
• Keep all information about employee talents, interests and competencies in one database which enables managers to use an employee-centric approach for workforce planning and tracking.
• Use succession planning tools to manage changes in employee positions and maintain authority delegation.
• Compare current employee skills with requirements to reveal any mismatches.
• Reduce paper processing through using succession planning spreadsheets in electronic format.
• Produce employee performance reports. 

These succession planning outline activities can be successfully performed by managers and leaders with help of task management software for team collaboration and time planning. Such software allows using to-do lists, schedules and templates to plan employee tasks, keep track of employee performance, and review work results. Task management software helps identify high performers and make performance reports. All this information can be stored in a centralized database.

VIP Task Manager is an example of multi-user task management software. VIP Task Manager enables you to manage workforce through using templates, daily task lists, project plans, shift schedules and task checklists. Although VIP Task Manager is not a succession planning program, its functionality helps build successful workforce management through employee performance tracking and control.

VIP Organizer is a simple task planning solution for single users. It will be best for planning individual tasks and time. VIP Organizer allows using templates and categorized to-do lists to plan daily activities and tasks.