CSO News: Best Practices

Best Practices

ConceptDraw users are unanimous in their support of our products; they come from many industries and fields of activities. In this issue we are introducing you to our users and how they use ConceptDraw products to help them accomplish their objectives. Below you will find the related experiences of a few of our users telling you of their experiences and successes they experienced with the help of ConceptDraw products.

Strategy

Management and Planning

Establish and Communicate Goals in a Visual Format

Being involved in a development strategy project, ordered by a Philippine governed institution, Gerhard Rainer applied mind maps to identify goals. These mind maps were then turned into visual graphic reports and Gantt charts, to complete analysis and establish strategic goals. Keep reading...

Managing Unique Customized Solutions

Fikret Ezberci manages unique projects that involves more than 30 employers within different branches. He uses ConceptDraw PROJECT to create project schedules and document project expenses for each branch and each project. Keep reading...

Project Management

Finance and Accounting

Managing Complex and Diverse International Projects

Paul Miller must meet the needs of diversified international projects, utilizing over 800 experienced employees located in Australia and South East Asia. He uses ConceptDraw MINDMAP to set up project drafts and share project data with his international team, using ConceptDraw Office. Keep reading...

Attention to Detail — Set the Best Financial Services Apart from Competitors

Presenting financial solutions to clients in a way that they understand the advantages was a challenge for Mr. Kohlschuetter's business. With ConceptDraw MINDMAP, he is able to create mind maps to describe the full range of available services in a clear and vivid manner. Keep reading...

Internet and Technologies

A Valuable Option for Network Professionals in Both Mac and PC Environments

Brad Hedlund, a Sales Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems required an effective tool for network design. He choose ConceptDraw PRO to create Cisco-equipped network diagrams using Macintosh and Windows platforms. While diagramming, Brad use over 400 objects from specific object libraries. Keep reading...

Effective Coordination Capabilities for Headhunting and Recruiting

Recruiting, Headhunting and Human Resource Management demands clear organization and sorting of information, with a careful attention to detail. Otto Eggers uses mind maps to sort and manage employer and job seeker data by their skills and need. Keep reading...

R&D

QA and Manufacturing

Visual Approach — Key to Clear Definition of Investigation Projects

Managing over 500 active research projects made Dr. Marsch an expert of multiple task and resource management. He creates special mind maps to define tasks to maintain team focus. Keep reading...

Increasing Cross Platform Communication Speed within Manufacturing Workflows

Albert Dandl is a Plant Systems Manager in the packaging industry. Mr. Dandl analyzes existing business processes and develops new processes using ConceptDraw PRO. He creates workflow diagrams, that helps visualize workflows for over 24,000 employees that use both Macintosh and Windows. Keep reading...

Sales and Marketing

Services

Successful Management of Multiple Marketing Projects

The successful management of over 40 active projects with different timelines and specific requirements is an everyday task for Tony Hocking. He uses ConceptDraw MINDMAP and ConceptDraw PROJECT to present multiple project status on a daily basis. Keep reading...

Functional and Impressive Presentations — the Primary Tool for Service Professionals

Functional Methods have been providing professional business consulting services since 2004. They develop projects using ConceptDraw PROJECT, and then use ConceptDraw PRO to deliver information to their customers in a format most suitable to them, such as, export to xml format, printing or making presentations. Keep reading...

Collaboration and Communication

Knowledge Management

Collaboration Process Best Practice

Mr. Stanislav Kaul, Physics Faculty Administrator at Moscow University, used ConceptDraw Office while developing the internal collaboration process between 1400 employees. The possibility to create and send reports in a view of mind map was more than useful. Keep reading...

Maintaining Organization within Multiple Roles and Environments

Robert Hardie is a highly professional Podiatric Surgeon consultant in the United Kingdom. Being organized and self-managed is very important to his success. Robert uses ConceptDraw MINDMAP to organize all of his various documents. Keep reading...

Consulting

Education

Building Credibility with Clients in Global Management Consulting

The Global Management Consulting agency is known for its expertise for over 60 years. Mr. Mathieu, Vice President of GMC, manages consultant's responsibilities with To-Do mind maps. Keep reading...

Virtual Trainer Trains Real Professionals in Project Management

Public vocational school, BBS Landau, has the challenge of providing courses in project management with the support of real yet easy to understand examples. ConceptDraw Office enables students to understand the concepts of project management clearly using a set of samples, provided within each application. Keep reading...

Software Development

High Value Tool for Software Engineering

Create and provide learning course in software engineering, was the mission of Ivo Vondrak, a Software Engineer Professor at the Technical University of Ostrava. Prof. Vondrak uses ConceptDraw PRO to create UML diagrams as samples to support his courses. He takes full advantage of the special UML modeling object libraries. Keep reading...