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How to Operate with Project Time Frames in ConceptDraw PROJECT

Project schedule start and finish dates
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.

Quick Project Start

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.
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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:<
Getting Started with ConceptDraw PROJECT
Getting Started with ConceptDraw PROJECT
The vector stencils library "Project management" contains 30 project management icons.
Use it to design your business and finance illustrations and infographics with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The vector stencils library "Project management" is included in the Business and Finance solution from the Illustration area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Start project
Start project, start project,
Project plan
Project plan, project plan,
Project scheme
Project scheme, project scheme,
To do list
To do list, to do list,
Checklist
Checklist, checklist,
Project strategy
Project strategy, project strategy,
Timetable
Timetable, timetable,
Project time
Project time, project time,
Project fulfillment
Project fulfillment, project fulfillment,
Project Gantt chart
Project Gantt chart, project gantt chart,
Project completed
Project completed, project completed,
Project report
Project report, project report,
Project management
Project management, project management,
Project descriptions
Project descriptions, project descriptions,
Communications
Communications, communications,
Project team
Project team, project team,
Project director
Project director, project director,
Project manager
Project manager, project manager,
Assignment of works
Assignment of works, assignment of works,
Project analyst
Project analyst, project analyst,
Project benefits
Project benefits, project benefits,
Failure to draw on the funds
Failure to draw on the funds, failure to draw on the funds,
Cost overrun
Cost overrun, cost overrun,
Cost
Cost, cost,
Project expenses
Project expenses, project expenses,
Portfolio
Portfolio, portfolio,
Ticket
Ticket, ticket,
Project task
Project task, project task,
Financial resources
Financial resources, financial resources,
Material resources
Material resources, material resources,
Used Solutions
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How to Set a Project Baseline Using ConceptDraw PROJECT

What Is a Project Baseline and how to set it in ConceptDraw PROJECT?
Project baseline in ConceptDraw PROJECT is excellent forguiding the execution of the current project and can be useful for further projects.
The vector stencils library "Project management" contains 30 project management icons.
Use it to design your business and finance illustrations and infographics with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The vector stencils library "Project management" is included in the Business and Finance solution from the Illustration area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Start project
Start project, start project,
Project plan
Project plan, project plan,
Project scheme
Project scheme, project scheme,
To do list
To do list, to do list,
Checklist
Checklist, checklist,
Project strategy
Project strategy, project strategy,
Timetable
Timetable, timetable,
Project time
Project time, project time,
Project fulfillment
Project fulfillment, project fulfillment,
Project Gantt chart
Project Gantt chart, project gantt chart,
Project completed
Project completed, project completed,
Project report
Project report, project report,
Project management
Project management, project management,
Project descriptions
Project descriptions, project descriptions,
Communications
Communications, communications,
Project team
Project team, project team,
Project director
Project director, project director,
Project manager
Project manager, project manager,
Assignment of works
Assignment of works, assignment of works,
Project analyst
Project analyst, project analyst,
Project benefits
Project benefits, project benefits,
Failure to draw on the funds
Failure to draw on the funds, failure to draw on the funds,
Cost overrun
Cost overrun, cost overrun,
Cost
Cost, cost,
Project expenses
Project expenses, project expenses,
Portfolio
Portfolio, portfolio,
Ticket
Ticket, ticket,
Project task
Project task, project task,
Financial resources
Financial resources, financial resources,
Material resources
Material resources, material resources,
Used 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,
Used Solutions
The vector stencils library "Project management" contains 30 project management icons.
Use it to design your business and finance illustrations and infographics with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The vector stencils library "Project management" is included in the Business and Finance solution from the Illustration area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Start project
Start project, start project,
Project plan
Project plan, project plan,
Project scheme
Project scheme, project scheme,
To do list
To do list, to do list,
Checklist
Checklist, checklist,
Project strategy
Project strategy, project strategy,
Timetable
Timetable, timetable,
Project time
Project time, project time,
Project fulfillment
Project fulfillment, project fulfillment,
Project Gantt chart
Project Gantt chart, project gantt chart,
Project completed
Project completed, project completed,
Project report
Project report, project report,
Project management
Project management, project management,
Project descriptions
Project descriptions, project descriptions,
Communications
Communications, communications,
Project team
Project team, project team,
Project director
Project director, project director,
Project manager
Project manager, project manager,
Assignment of works
Assignment of works, assignment of works,
Project analyst
Project analyst, project analyst,
Project benefits
Project benefits, project benefits,
Failure to draw on the funds
Failure to draw on the funds, failure to draw on the funds,
Cost overrun
Cost overrun, cost overrun,
Cost
Cost, cost,
Project expenses
Project expenses, project expenses,
Portfolio
Portfolio, portfolio,
Ticket
Ticket, ticket,
Project task
Project task, project task,
Financial resources
Financial resources, financial resources,
Material resources
Material resources, material resources,
Used Solutions
The vector stencils library "Project management" contains 30 project management icons.
Use it to design your business and finance illustrations and infographics with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"Project management is the discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria. A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables) undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value." [Project management. Wikipedia]
The icon set example "Design elements - Project management" is included in the Business and Finance solution from Illustration area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Icon set
Icon set, to do list, timetable, ticket, start project, project time, project team, project task, project strategy, project scheme, project report, project plan, project manager, project management, project gantt chart, project fulfillment, project expenses, project director, project descriptions, project completed, project benefits, project analyst, portfolio, material resources, financial resources, failure to draw on the funds, cost overrun, cost, communications, checklist, assignment of works,
Used Solutions
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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.