1. A data processing system implemented method for managing a plurality of data processing system executable tasks each having a script associated therewith, the method comprising: presenting a list of computer executable tasks; selecting, from the list of the computer executable tasks, a selection of tasks; receiving a user input designating an operation from a plurality of operations to be applied to the selection of tasks, wherein the plurality of operations are selected as a function of a state of selected tasks, wherein the state of the selected tasks and a status of the selected tasks is a unique range of values; presenting scripts corresponding to the selected selection of tasks and selecting at least one script from the presented scripts, wherein no more than one script corresponds to each task; editing the at least one selected script; executing the at least one edited script by the data processing system; and presenting the at least one executed script as at least one new executable task in the list of computer executable tasks for further operation.