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How to Use Critical Path Analysis for Scheduling Complex Projects

Critical Path Analysis helps you to identify the minimum length of time needed to complete a project. Where you need to run an accelerated project, it helps you to identify which project steps you should accelerate to complete the project within the available time.

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

Program Evaluation and Review Technique <br>(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.

Best Software for Making Presentations

An advanced tool for creating presentations, if you decide to represent data without spending hours on that.

Landscape Architecture with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

The landscape architecture includes landscape design, planning, and realization, as well as management of resources and buildings. The smaller scale landscape projects are well known as landscape design and garden design. The landscape design documentation is created independently from the project's scale and includes sketches, general plan and working documentation. On this stage the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software extended with Landscape & Garden solution is irreplaceable assistant for you. The landscape designs created using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM are effectively used by landscape architects and engineers, also by landscape managers who maintain parks, gardens, natural landscapes like woodlands or nature reserves, and artificial landscapes. The Landscape and Garden solution contains 14 libraries with a lot of vector graphics objects of trees, flowers, bushes, fountains, ponds, furniture, roofs, patios, fences, garden accessories, entertainment, roads, junctions, etc., that are suitable for any gardener to simply design a wonderful garden.

Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

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.

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How to Manage Problem Solving Using Seven Management and Planning Tools

Stage by stage gouide on using visual tools to move toward solving the problem.

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Authority Matrix Diagram Software

You need to draw Authority Matrix Diagram quick and easy? Design it with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM ! ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Seven Management and Planning Tools solution from the Management Area is the best Authority Matrix Diagram Software.

Seven Management and Planning Tools

Seven Management and Planning Tools solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM and ConceptDraw MINDMAP with features, templates, samples and libraries of vector stencils for drawing management mind maps and diagrams.

Timeline Diagrams

Timeline Diagrams solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming software with samples, templates and libraries of specially developed smart vector design elements of timeline bars, time intervals, milestones, events, today marker, legend, and many other elements with custom properties, helpful for professional drawing clear and intuitive Timeline Diagrams. Use it to design simple Timeline Diagrams and designate only the main project stages, or highly detailed Timeline Diagrams depicting all project tasks, subtasks, milestones, deadlines, responsible persons and other description information, ideal for applying in presentations, reports, education materials, and other documentation.

Fault Tree Diagram

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software offers the Fault Tree Analysis Diagrams Solution from the Industrial Engineering Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park for quick and easy creating the Fault Tree Diagram of any degree of detailing.

How to Report Task's Execution with Gantt Chart

ConceptDraw PROJECT’s powerful reporting engine lets you generate a set of tabular reports with just one click, or visualize your project as Radial Tasks Structures, Work Breakdown Structures and Resource Calendars. It also provides you with dynamic Project Dashboards.

SWOT analysis matrix diagram templates

SWOT analysis or SWOT Matrix is a structured method of the planning which is used to evaluate the S - Strengths, W - Weaknesses, O - Opportunities, and T - Threats involved in a business project or commercial venture. It was introduced at 1960s as a tool for learning the internal capabilities of large companies. A SWOT analysis includes the indication of the project's goal, specification the critical factors (internal and external) that influence on the achievement of company's business goal, that are conducive or adverse for this. SWOT analysis is effective way to successful business, to win in rivalry with competitors and become the best on your market. SWOT Analysis solution from Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park makes the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM a powerful SWOT and TOWS analysis software. It contains a lot of vector design elements of SWOT and TOWS matrices, numerous examples and templates. The predesigned SWOT example or template is a fastest way of drawing professional-looking SWOT Matrix and presenting analysis results in just one click.

MINDMAP Reports

The MINDMAP Reports solution extends the boundaries of interrelations between the ConceptDraw MINDMAP and ConceptDraw PROJECT applications. After planning your projects in a project management software, you can then implement them and display the reports in a graphical format of visual Mind Maps. Intended for all project managers, team leaders, management assistants, and other project participants, this solution offers the set of project examples and a wide choice of report kinds, which you can generate in a moment in a form of Mind Map document to track visually your project results and progress, to analyze the work of project team and individual employees, to control the tasks' execution, including the top level and critical tasks, the project milestones and many other key project parameters.

Diagramming Software for Design UML Activity Diagrams

Activity diagram describes the business and operational step-by-step workflows of components in a system. An activity diagram shows the overall flow of control.

ConceptDraw PROJECT Project Management Software Tool

ConceptDraw PROJECT <br>Project Management Software Tool *

ConceptDraw PROJECT is simple project management software. If you are on the fast track in your career and start facing such challenges as coordination many people, coordination tasks and works, manage project with a great deal of time and money involved - it is the right time to get Project management tool involved in your work.

Flowchart Definition

Flowchart definition - A Flowchart is a diagram that graphically represents the structure of the system, the flow of steps in a process, algorithm, or the sequence of steps and decisions for execution a process or solution a problem. For depiction the steps there are used specific shapes and graphic symbols which are linked by lines and directional arrows. The main standard shapes are rectangle or box, rounded box, diamond, circle. A Flowchart is a convenient way to observe the follow the process from beginning to end, it lets improve the work of process, highlight the key elements and detach not essential or even excessive steps. The Flowcharts can represent different levels of detail: High-Level Flowchart, Detailed Flowchart, and Deployment or Matrix Flowchart. They are incredibly useful for programmers when developing the programs of any complexity and on any high level language. Create your own Flowcharts using the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software and powerful tools of Flowcharts solution from "Diagrams" area.

Healthcare Management Workflow Diagrams

Healthcare Management Workflow Diagrams solution contains large set of colorful samples and libraries with predesigned vector pictograms and symbols of health, healthcare equipment, medical instruments, pharmaceutical tools, transport, medication, departments of healthcare organizations, the medical icons of people and human anatomy, as well as the predesigned flowchart objects, connectors and arrows, which make it the best for designing clear and comprehensive Medi?al Workflow Diagrams and Block Diagrams, Healthcare Management Flowcharts and Infographics, Healthcare Workflow Diagram, for depicting the healthcare workflow and clinical workflows in healthcare, for making the workflow analysis healthcare and healthcare workflow management.

Visual Reports

The Visual Reports solution extends abilities of ConceptDraw PROJECT by creating the illustrative, informative, colourful and comprehensible reports on a project in a form of visual graphs and diagrams of common types, such as Bar Charts, Pie Charts, Line Charts, Divided Bar Charts, Timelines, Dial Dashboards. This highly effective project management tool helps project managers and other stakeholders to report about the tasks statuses, the project progress and degree of its completion, to evaluate the project status, to depict the project expenses by days and to define the days that go beyond the budget, to compare visually the actual expenses and expected ones at the project planning stage, to generate the Resource chart depicting the utilization of project resources by days, and to show other useful information. The set of tailor-made examples developed for the Visual Reports solution allows designating advantages of each type of report included to this solution for the further use in your management work.

Gantt chart examples

All Gantt charts were made using ConceptDraw PROJECT. ConceptDraw PROJECT works both on Windows and Mac OS X. It allows to schedule a voluntary number of projects in a single Workspace document and lets easily share tasks and resources among them. ConceptDraw PROJECT shares files among Windows and Mac OS X.

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