PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE IN THE FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL (VOCATIONAL) EDUCATION
Relevance. The digitalization of society and education has changed approaches to management behaviour, which is noticeable in terms of project management in professional (vocational) education schools. It has led to the allocation of resources to ensure the effective functioning of professional (vocational) education schools and enhance their competitiveness by improving their internal processes and expanding the range of educational services provided to students and the adult population. Aim: the study aims to clarify the characteristics of project management in the field of professional (voca- tional) education through the use of specialized software. Methods. Analysis of project management software. This method made it possible to differentiate the soft- ware into structural elements. It allowed establishing interconnections between the elements of the software as a system. Certain features of an internal logical construction of the software interface for project management were described by using external and internal interpretations (the descriptive method) and the method of analysis. Such methods as comparison and collation play an essential place in the study. By comparison, the differences between the software products were determined. By collation, the similarities between the software for project management were clarified and, as a result, its specificity. Results: the list and key features of project management software in the field of professional (vocational) education were outlined. Conclusions: project planning in professional (vocational) education schools is used for displaying the schedule of project objectives graphically and visualizing the interaction between its internal objectives; document sharing and teamwork implemented through a central document repository; exchange of calendars and contacts: project schedules, dates of activities and contacts, which should be automatically updated in all calendars of the persons conducting project activities; control over failures and unforeseen consequences.