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How to Create Multiple Projects Schedule on macOS

You can create a detailed schedule of your project quickly and easy with ConceptDraw PROJECT. It is easy to use the Multiproject Dashboard to plan multiple projects as if were a single one.

Project Management

Mind Maps is a visual tool that helps to structure, understand and analyze the information, to find new ideas and solutions to problems. They find their application in many areas of life due to the fact that are convenient graphical way of presenting information. The project management is one of the most popular applications of Mind Maps, which give you the opportunity to make your project plan, to navigate easier in the project and manage it visually, to systematize knowledge, to get a clear picture of what is happening in the project, to save time and quickly find the right solutions and possible defects. Mind Maps ideally suit as a way to make notes during the meetings, presentations, conferences, to record ideas generated during a brainstorming. ConceptDraw MINDMAP software is effective for using in project management. It offers the tools for brainstorming and Mind Maps construction, helps project managers to visually represent the whole project, its implementation phases, to track the current state and switch between the different levels of detailing, showing or hiding some branches. ConcepDraw MINDMAP lets the possibility to make the report or presentation from your Mind Map and provides the compatibility with ConceptDraw Project and MS Project.

Banquet Hall Plan Software

Our life is filled with a huge number of lucky events. Many of them are the reasons for organizing the celebration, feast, party or banquet. These events include of course weddings, birthdays, meetings with friends, themed parties, corporate events, and others. The main component of successful organization and banquet holding is its correct planning considering of all nuances and specifics of given event. You need compose the list of guests, determine a budget, select a suitable location for organizing event, determine its format - a traditional reception or buffet, consider menu and interesting entertainment program. A correct selection of banquet hall is one of the most important component of success. All details are important - location, reviews, hall size, interior, design, lighting, landscape design of surrounding territory. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software extended with Cafe and Restaurant Floor Plan solution from Building Plans Area will help you ideally plan your banquet, create the plan of banquet hall and guests seating chart, and even design and construct new banquet hall.
"Project planning is part of project management, which relates to the use of schedules such as Gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment.
Initially, the project scope is defined and the appropriate methods for completing the project are determined. Following this step, the durations for the various tasks necessary to complete the work are listed and grouped into a work breakdown structure. Project planning is often used to organize different areas of a project, including project plans, work loads and the management of teams and individuals. The logical dependencies between tasks are defined using an activity network diagram that enables identification of the critical path. Float or slack time in the schedule can be calculated using project management software. Then the necessary resources can be estimated and costs for each activity can be allocated to each resource, giving the total project cost. At this stage, the project schedule may be optimized to achieve the appropriate balance between resource usage and project duration to comply with the project objectives. Once established and agreed, the project schedule becomes what is known as the baseline schedule. Progress will be measured against the baseline schedule throughout the life of the project. Analyzing progress compared to the baseline schedule is known as earned value management.
The inputs of the project planning phase include the project charter and the concept proposal. The outputs of the project planning phase include the project requirements, the project schedule, and the project management plan." [Project planning. Wikipedia]
The flow chart example "Project planning process" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Flowcharts solution from the area "What is a Diagram" of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Flowchart - Project planning process
Flowchart - Project planning process, terminator, process,
Used Solutions

Gantt charts for planning and scheduling projects

ConceptDraw PROJECT is an excellent simple project scheduling software. It maintain classic project gantt charts and the line of professional reports on resources usage. It include handy critical path scheduling software tools and diagraming tools which helps prepare the presentation of project status. It include project tracking dashboard to keep project metrics upto date, also it have handy feature to export project management dashboard in excel file.

ConceptDraw PROJECT Software Overview

ConceptDraw PROJECT is an effective tool for new and experienced users with a fine balance of usability and powerful functionality.

Software development with ConceptDraw products

Internet solutions on ConceptDraw base. What may interest developers of Internet solutions.
"A project network is a graph (flow chart) depicting the sequence in which a project's terminal elements are to be completed by showing terminal elements and their dependencies.
... the project network shows the "before-after" relations.
The most popular form of project network is activity on node, the other one is activity on arrow.
The condition for a valid project network is that it doesn't contain any circular references." [Project network. Wikipedia]
The PERT chart example "Project management plan" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the solution "Seven Management and Planning Tools" from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
PERT
PERT, time interval, task, project start, project finish, PERT,
Legend
Legend, legend,

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.
7MP Tools
7MP Tools

Gantt Project Management

Having such a full-featured project management tool as ConceptDraw PROJECT, you get all the needed features in order to successfully execute all the planned projects. The mentioned features include both task management, reporting, change control and resource management. As long as there is ConceptDraw Office installed on your desktop, you can always have the needed integration that helps improve project management in your organization. It can be done by leveraging the power of data visualization and mind mapping in particular.

Computer Hardware - Reseller Business Plan

When developing a business plan it is very important to accurately represent the structure and visually outline all important information. A business plan usually has a clear hierarchical structure. The Mind Maps are particularly effective to describe such structures, they are one of the most powerful and visually intuitive tools for the tasks of structuring and memorizing large amounts of information. The Mind Maps are indispensable in development the complex projects, in preparation and discussion of business plans, in designing the presentations, in process of decision making, holding brainstorming, time management, etc. As for the software for working with Mind Maps, particularly effective is a cross-platform ConceptDraw MINDMAP software for Windows and Mac OS X. It provides many tools that help in business plan preparation for organizing the new business, in developing a business plan for promotion some product, etc. ConceptDraw MINDMAP supports the multipage documents, the export and import into popular applications MS PowerPoint, MS Word, PDF, MindManager, in project management applications ConceptDraw Project and MS Project, and in various graphical formats. You can to observe a Mind Map of a business plan for computer hardware reseller designed in ConceptDraw MINDMAP.

Electrical and Telecom Plan Software

Electrical and Telecom Plans is an important part of architectural and engineering projects. They are technical drawings that display information about power, lighting, communication and telecommunication, and visually depict all electrical and telecom details including outlets, wires, circuit panels, etc. Created by architects, engineers, and designers, Electrical and Telecom Plans are necessary and obligatory for builders and electricians for correct installation electrical and telecom systems at different buildings, power plants, communication centers, electrical distribution systems, homes, flats, etc. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM with Electrical and Telecom Plans solution is a fast and effective way to draw: Electrical circuit diagrams, Electrical wiring diagrams, House electrical plans, Telecom plans, Control wiring diagrams, Power-riser diagrams, Reflected ceiling plans, Cabling layout schemes, Lighting panels layouts, etc. using vector symbols of electrical and telecommunication equipment, special symbols, lines, dimensions and notations.

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.

Building Drawing Software for Design Piping Plan

Use building drawing software to develop the annotated diagrams or schematics of waste water disposal systems, hot and cold water supply systems, water lines and waste water engineering.

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.
"A project plan, according to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, is: "...a formal, approved document used to guide both project execution and project control. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning assumptions and decisions, facilitate communication among stakeholders, and document approved scope, cost, and schedule baselines. A project plan may be summarized or detailed." ...
The objective of a project plan is to define the approach to be used by the Project team to deliver the intended project management scope of the project.
At a minimum, a project plan answers basic questions about the project:
Why? - What is the problem or value proposition addressed by the project? Why is it being sponsored?
What? - What is the work that will be performed on the project? What are the major products/ deliverables?
Who? - Who will be involved and what will be their responsibilities within the project? How will they be organized?
When? - What is the project timeline and when will particularly meaningful points, referred to as milestones, be complete?" [Project plan. Wikipedia]
The timeline diagram example "New business project plan" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Timeline Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Project timeline
Project timeline, timeline, month, milestone, interval,

Creating a Schedule

The preparation of detailed schedule is a good assistant on the way to successful solving various problems and implementation the projects of any complexity. At the same time, often the scheduling is quite not an easy task, which requires a lot of time and efforts. However, the use of specialized software such as ConceptDraw MINDMAP can greatly facilitate its implementation. This software provides large set of powerful tools allowing you to create successful plan that helps to break the task into the subtasks, to make detailed work breakdown structure, to arrange clearly all actions, to present them visually on the plan and to calculate the required resources for implementation defined steps and actions. ConceptDraw MINDMAP software from ConceptDraw Office suite is a perfect application for creating a schedule of any event or process, it offers all needed drawing tools and the predesigned templates for easy planning processes, for scheduling the daily routine, organizing different tasks and possible interruptions.

Audio Visual Cables and Connectors

The Audio & Video Connectors solution contains a set of pre-designed objects, libraries, templates, and samples; allowing quick and easy diagramming of various configurations of audio and video devices.

Quick Project Start

The rapid project startup and creation of initial project plan is possible and easy using effective and flexible mind mapping technique, which lets to gather requirements from your team and then plan activities in a visual mind mapping format. Using this technique you can establish time lines, delineate tasks, assign resources, and organize the overall project structure in a form of Mind Map. The ConceptDraw MINDMAP software, PM Easy solution and other offered PM solutions help in project management and support many project methodologies, including Agile and Scrum. ConceptDraw Toolbox solutions help to deal easy with common project situations, they are helpful for planning projects, tracking the milestones, events and resource usage, and for many other functions typical for project management. ConceptDraw MINDMAP software helps project managers effectively create the plan for high level tasks and milestones, set the tasks relations and dependencies, represent the project plan as a Mind Map, successfully start and realize the project of any size, and track the tasks using the ConceptDraw Project.