Project Timeline

Project timeline is a type of chart which allows visually represent the chronology of works for the project, placing the key points of the project (milestones) on a timescale. You need to make professional looking project timeline? Create it with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM ! ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Timeline Diagrams Solution from the Management Area is the best timeline diagrams software

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How to Create a Timeline Diagram

A Timeline is a chart which displays a project plan schedule in chronological order. A Timeline is used in project management to depict project milestones and visualize project phases and show project progress. The graphic form of a timeline makes it easy to understand critical project milestones, such as the progress of a project schedule. Timelines are particularly useful for project scheduling or project management when accompanied with a Gantt chart. It captures the main of what the project will accomplish and how it will be done. making a project timeline is one of the most important skills a project manager needs have. Making comprehensive, accurate timelines allows you getting every project off in the best way. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM allows you to draw a timeline chart using a special library.

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.

Timeline - Template

Timeline charts presents events and time periods on a chronological scale. They are used in project management to visualize project milestones and upper level phases, and show project progress.
"Time is one of the most critical resources in any project. Good planning spreads the necessary work over a reasonable period of time. This allows everyone to work at a consistent, sustainable pace. Poor planning leaves people stuck and idle, then forces them to scramble to catch up later on. While it does take time to plan ahead, the time ... saved more than make up for it. Good planning is a part of good doing. ...
A Timeline is a clean and concise visual representation of a series of events. It helps you to arrange large chunks of time and see the overall plan easily." [education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/ previews/ nxt_ products/ robotics_ eng_ vol_ 2/ preview/ content/ timeline.pdf]
This timeline template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Timeline Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

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How to Make a Timeline

Timeline is a type of diagram which illustrates the series of events in a chronological order on a linear timescale. How to make a timeline? It is convenient to use a modern powerful software. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Timeline Diagrams solution from the Management area is exactly what you need.

Timeline Diagrams

Timeline is a powerful tool for project management and project scheduling, it is a convenient way to represent a chronological sequence of events and critical milestones along a time axis. Timeline allows quickly understand the temporal relationships and to see the progress of a project schedule. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Timeline Diagrams solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is a powerful software for fast and easy drawing useful and great-looking timeline diagrams.

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.

PERT chart - Template

The PERT chart shows the logical connections and consequence of a set of tasks. PERT charts the time period for problem solving and the implementation plan for all activities along the critical path. The PERT chart is also known as a precedence diagram or project network diagram.
"The Program (or Project) Evaluation and Review Technique, commonly abbreviated PERT, is a statistical tool, used in project management, that is designed to analyze and represent the tasks involved in completing a given project. ...
PERT is a method to analyze the involved tasks in completing a given project, especially the time needed to complete each task, and to identify the minimum time needed to complete the total project.
PERT was developed primarily to simplify the planning and scheduling of large and complex projects. ...
A network diagram can be created by hand or by using diagram software. There are two types of network diagrams, activity on arrow (AOA) and activity on node (AON). Activity on node diagrams are generally easier to create and interpret." [Program Evaluation and Review Technique. Wikipedia]
The PERT chart is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools (7 MP tools, Seven New Quality Tools).
The PERT chart template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the solution "Seven Management and Planning Tools" from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

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Business diagrams & Org Charts with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

The business diagrams are in great demand, they describe the business processes, business tasks and activities which are executed to achieve specific organizational and business goals, increase productivity, reduce costs and errors. They let research and better understand the business processes. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a powerful professional cross-platform business graphics and business flowcharting tool which contains hundreds of built-in collections of task-specific vector stencils and templates. They will help you to visualize and structure information, create various Business flowcharts, maps and diagrams with minimal efforts, and add them to your documents and presentations to make them successful. Among them are Data flow diagrams, Organization charts, Business process workflow diagrams, Audit flowcharts, Cause and Effect diagrams, IDEF business process diagrams, Cross-functional flowcharts, PERT charts, Timeline diagrams, Calendars, Marketing diagrams, Pyramids, Target diagrams, Venn diagrams, Comparison charts, Analysis charts, Dashboards, and many more. Being a cross-platform application, ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is very secure, handy, free of bloatware and one of the best alternatives to Visio for Mac users.

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PM Easy

PM Easy solution extends the ConceptDraw PROJECT functionality with an ability to support neutral methodology of project management and to quickly start a project by listing the task relationships and dependencies, that makes the iterative planning much easier. The project management tool and available visual tools, such as mind mapping, increase the effectiveness of tracking and analysis your project tasks. PM Easy solution from ConceptDraw Solution Park is mainly targeted at project managers in small or medium-sized companies, allowing them to make the project plan and execute projects using mind mapping technique, to implement planning using mind mapping, and to track tasks using ConceptDraw PROJECT application.

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