Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (abbr. PERT) is a method developed by Ministry of Defense of the USA in 1958 for the project of creation the missile system Polaris. PERT diagram is one of the tools for project management that lets greatly simplify the planning and scheduling of large and complex projects. PERT diagram provides evaluation of project run-time and labor forces, it helps to analyze the time necessary for execution each of project tasks and the whole project, and to calculate the project critical path. PERT chart depicts the set of tasks connected each other in order of their execution and is constructed according to one of definite rules - AOA (activity on arrow) or AON (activity on node). It doesn't give you ready concrete decisions, but helps to find them. Design easy the PERT diagrams in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software enhanced with Seven Management and Planning Tools solution from Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. You have a possibility to build the PERT chart of any type, but AON variant is easier for building and perception.

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS PLANNING. PERT Chart

The PERT Chart is constructed as part of the process in creating a schedule of corrective actions. The PERT Chart shows the logical connections and consequence of tasks to be performed. It displays the time period for problem solving and the implementation of all activities through the critical path. ConceptDraw Office suite is a software for corrective actions planning.

Gantt Chart Software

The Gantt Chart is the main interface in ConceptDraw PROJECT. It summarizes the tasks in your project and presents them graphically so you can easily view your progress.

Activity Network Diagram Method

Activity Network Diagram - This sample was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software using the Seven Management and Planning Tools solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. This sample shows the PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique) chart of the request on proposal. A request for proposal (RFP) is a request of the company or the organization to potential suppliers to submit the business proposals for service or goods that it is interested to purchase. The RFP is represented on the initial procurement stage and allows to define the risks and benefits.

How to Discover Critical Path on a Gantt Chart

ConceptDraw PROJECT is the Gantt chart software that implements critical path method to provide the user with a wide set of project management tools.

Value Stream Map

Value stream mapping is a well-known lean manufacturing and lean management method of depiction, analyzing and improvement the current state of flow of manufacturing and production process, of designing a future state for the serie of events that occur with product during the long way from the beginning to customer. Value stream map helps a manufacturing team to represent visually the flow of materials through the process, as well as the flow of information required to deliver a product or a service from the supplier to customer. Value stream map is a first step on the way to ideal state of organization due to the possibility to detect immediately the process delays, to analyze and identify the potential process improvement opportunities, to identify the waste in a process and to minimize them. The Mind Maps are widely applied in lean manufacturing and management. This Mind Map created using the powerful tools of ConceptDraw MINDMAP software demonstrates how the Value Stream Map can be represented as a mind map.

Gantt Chart Software

ConceptDraw PROJECT is a powerful Gantt Chart Software. The Gantt Charts are useful for displaying a large amount of detailed information, project tasks and timelines in a visually pleasing, easy-to-understand format. ConceptDraw PROJECT provides wide capabilities of importing and exporting in various formats: Microsoft Project, ConceptDraw MINDMAP , Mindjet MindManager, PDF file.

Prioritization Matrix

You can design the Prioritization Matrix by hand on the paper, but we offer you the most easier way - to use the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Seven Management and Planning Tools Solution from the Management Area.

How to Create Presentation of Your Project Gantt Chart

During the planning, discussing and execution of a project you may need to prepare a presentation using project views such as the Gantt Chart, Multiproject Dashboard or Resource Usage View. It’s easy do with ConceptDraw PROJECT!

Organigrams with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

ConceptDraw - Organigram software allows quickly create Organigrams and much more. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is an ideal tool for Administrative staff to clearly demonstrate the company orgchart professional.

Root Cause Analysis

The Seven Management and Planning Tools is a tool for Root Cause Analysis Tree Diagram drawing. This diagram is for Root Cause Analysis. Analyze the root causes for factors that influenced the problem. This diagram is constructed separately for each highly prioritized factor. The goal of this is to find the root causes for the factor and list possible corrective action.

How To Create a Flow Chart in ConceptDraw

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a flowchart creating software. This software includes over 20 vector stencils in libraries. These objects allow you to create well-designed flowcharts. Put an initial object from library to a page and use RapidDraw technology clicking on direction arrows to add new objects to the flowchart. This way you can make flowchart quickly.

Critical Path Method in ConceptDraw PROJECT

The Critical Path Method (CPM) is an algorithm for scheduling a set of project activities. It is an important tool for effective project management. ConceptDraw PROJECT implements this method to provide the user with a wide set of project management tools.

How to Create Gantt Chart

To begin managing a new project, you will need to define the individual Tasks that must be completed to deliver it. The default view for a new project in ConceptDraw PROJECT is the Gantt Chart.

Purchasing Flow Chart. Purchasing Flowchart Example

This sample shows the Purchasing Flow Chart Diagram that displays the money flow in the carbon offset sphere. The carbon offsets are the compensatory measures that the companies make for the carbon emissions. You can see on this sample the groups that have interests in the carbon offsets and the money flow after the carbon offset vendors sold the carbon offsets.

Program for Making Presentations

ConceptDraw MINDMAP the will guide you in creating and demonstrating powerful mind map presentations.

Timeline Examples

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software offers the Timeline Diagrams solution from the Management area which is rich for the timeline examples, samples, templates and ready-to-use vector shapes.

Risk Diagram (Process Decision Program Chart)

The Risk Diagram or Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) is intended to determine the risks of potential obstacles during the corrective actions that can be at the cases of their incorrect performing, and helps to develop effective preventive actions. Process Decision Program Chart it's kind of contingency plan to limit the risks, it determines the consequential impacts of failures on the activity plans. The Risk Plans and Process Decision Program Charts can be extended on several levels and take the form of tree or hierarchy, this form is incredibly convenient for representing the risks and countermeasures. ConceptDraw MINDMAP is powerful software tool for Business, Marketing and Project Management. It is also ideal for easy designing MINDMAP Risk Diagram or Process Decision Program Chart, due to the included "7 Management and Planning Tools" solution to ConceptDraw Solution Park. We recommend to start with Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) template opening it from ConceptDraw STORE or from the Output tab at ConceptDraw MINDMAP application.

Workflow Diagram

Workflow diagram is a perfect tool to represent visually a repeatable pattern of organizational activity that is powered by resources and to describe in details the transferring of data, documents or tasks during a work process. It effectively explains and documents the process flow that exists and that requires the studying, analyzing and execution. Workflow diagrams help to represent the working processes in a simple visual manner, to follow easy the path of a task in a workflow, to identify the persons responsible for the execution of each stage, to show the accompanied documents and needed resources. All this helps to optimize the workflow and to discover its weak points. Workflow diagrams are mainly designed and used as a part of project documentation, certification process and company policies to comply the standards. To design professionally the Workflow diagrams, use the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software. Enhanced with Workflow Diagrams solution from the Business Processes area, the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM it is a powerful workflow diagram maker.

What Constitutes a Project?

Separated into categories of Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced categories, the new instructional videos about ConceptDraw PROJECT cover a huge breadth of topics, explaining how to use project management software. Users new to ConceptDraw PROJECT will find the Basic lessons an essential platform for familiarizing themselves with the programs′s functions and found it simple project management software. This video lesson is the first in Basic lessons series tells about affordable simple project management software, it may be used as an intro for what is project management using simple project management sample. ConceptDraw PROJECT is excellent portfolio project management software, this lessons explains how to use project management software for small business in case of multi project environment.