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How to Draw a Gantt Chart Using ConceptDraw PRO

Generate Project Diagrams using ConcepDraw Office

A Gantt chart is intended to provide a visualization of a project schedule. It is developed to help planning, coordinating, and tracking on project tasks implementation. One of the most critical resources for a project implementation is a time resources. Gantt chart - is one of the most convenient and popular way of graphical representation of a project tasks progress in conjunction with the corresponding time consumption. Gantt chart's function is to show project tasks completion in a progress, and to make a project manager sure that project tasks were completed on time. ConceptDraw Office is a clear and easy-to-use tool for project management. It is a very handy visual tool that helps make a project processing clear.

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How to Create a Gantt Chart for Your Project

Instruction on how to create Gantt chart using ConceptDraw PROJECT software.
Gant Chart is a graphical representation of tasks as segments on a time scale. It helps plan or overlapping.

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How to Customize the Columns in Your Project File

Some ConceptDraw PROJECT users need to start new projects from their custom default page. In this post we tell you how to make it.

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What Information to be Displayed in the ConceptDraw PROJECT Gantt Chart View

What information to be displayed in the outline of project Gantt Chart

What information can can contain the project task list? Gantt Chart view is a graphical representation of a project outline that allows one to allocate tasks.You can customize a project’s tasks list view to include the columns you need to meet your information requirements. The columns of the ConceptDraw PROJECT Gantt view contain the information you want to capture about each task in your project. The following article details what information can be contained in the columns of a project outline:<

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This solution extends ConceptDraw PROJECT software with the ability to quickly start a project; it lists task relationships and dependencies to make iterative planning easy.

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How to Plan and Allocate Resources in Your Project with ConceptDraw PROJECT for Windows

How to Plan and Allocate Resources in Project

Effective resource management is a key factor in the successful project implementation. The common types of resources for which the project manager has an impact, include material resources (materials, energy), staff (work) and equipment. CoceptDraw PROJECT provides easy ways to project Resources Management: Create a list of project resources and assign the right human resource, as well as the necessary material, or equipment to be used.

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How to Quickly Make a Project from a Mind Map

ConceptDraw MINDMAP allows you to view your mind map as a Gantt chart. You can do this by opening your map in ConceptDraw PROJECT. It is possible to proceed the same file in both ConceptDraw MINDMAP and ConceptDraw PROJECT.

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How to Change the Working Time in a Project

Project calendar determines working and non-working time of the project. It is used as a base to the project schedule development. There two types of project calendars: Project Calendar - which sets the working time for the whole project; and the Resource Calendar- which sets the working time of the particular project resource. The following article describes how to change the default calendar in ConceptDraw PROJECT.

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How to Make a Mind Map from a Project Gantt Chart

ConceptDraw Office allows you to see the project data from ConceptDraw PROJECT in a mind map structure by opening your project in ConceptDraw MINDMAP.

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How to Export Project Data to MS Excel Worksheet

Excel file created from ConceptDraw project

You can share your ConceptDraw PROJECT files with colleagues who use MS Excel®using the export capabilities of ConceptDraw PROJECT.

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How to Edit a Project Task List

Setting dependences between project tasks

A list of a project tasks is core to any project plan. It is the basic part of a project schedule. The project task list should include all of the work associated with fulfilling the project on time. Having an entire and complete task list, the project manager will be able to estimate the costs and resources, necessary to implement the project. The project task list creation is a key piece of project management. The list of project tasks have include activities, should be performed, and the sequence in which tasks need to be completed.

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How to Activate ConceptDraw Purchased Through Reseller

Instructions on how to activate ConceptDraw products after purchase and installation

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How to Customize a Task’s Duration

When you create an automatically scheduled task, ConceptDraw PROJECT assigns it duration of one day by default. You need modify that duration to reflect the real amount of time that the task requires.

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How to Operate with Project Time Frames in ConceptDraw PROJECT

ConceptDraw PROJECT applies an advanced scheduling facilities to enable you arrange your project's tasks with existing human and material resources. Comprehension of project scheduling principle allows you to plan the project the best way to execute it. Sometimes user is wondering why the task is moved to a different time than he supposed. Or he may be confused when a task's tardiness provoke the unwanted shift of other tasks. This article describes how do changes to the Start/Finish dates, or the Duration of the task affect the project schedule, created in ConceptDraw PROJECT.

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How to Shift Dates in ConceptDraw PROJECT

A way to shift all dates in a project a specified period, so you can use old project schedules as a template for new schedules

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How to Plan Projects Effectively Using Mind Maps and PM Easy Solution

The advanced data exchange capabilities of ConceptDraw MINDMAP and ConceptDraw PROJECT allows you to view your mind map as a Gantt chart. This way you are switching between views of the same file.

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How to Input Data from MS Excel Into a Mind Map

Import data from MS Excel to ConceptDraw MINDMAP

Many people apply Excel documents to store data in the form of hierarchical lists. With ConceptDraw MINDMAP you can easily turn the linear structure of an Excel table in a radial structure of mind map ConceptDraw MINDMAP will create a mind map file (CDMZ) from your Excel (XLS) file. If you keep your information in the Microsoft Excel files, you can import them into ConceptDraw MINDMAP, converting the columns and rows to a hierarchical structured mind map. If you have multiple individual sheets in your Excel workbook, ConceptDraw MINDMAP will turn them into a single multi-page mind map. ConceptDraw MINDMAP lets you import an entire Microsoft® Excel file as well as insert data from the selected cells.

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How to Generate ConceptDraw PROJECT Standard Reports on Mac

Project reporting is one of the key functions of effective project management. Using regular project reports, project manager can constantly track and analyze the project’s execution. This analytic process can help to ensure that the team reaches the best possible solutions. ConceptDraw PROJECT is a professional software tool for project management with the advanced mechanism of reporting. You can create the set of regular reports on project activities, task statuses, cash flow and assignments in MS Excel format. Mind map reports are also available.

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