The Plan Action Stage of a project details the ideas and plans out the actions necessary for implementation. In addition, forecasts are developed of the expected results of a project for use by upper management and investors. Precise organization and planning of a project when creating draft timelines and budget are critical components for future projects. At the Plan Action and Organize Project Stages, a project timeline is mapped out for task and resource (people, equipment, and materials) allocation. ConceptDraw Office contains the tools necessary to handle these two important stages.

1. ConceptDraw PROJECT is well integrated with ConceptDraw MINDMAP, saving time when setting up a project and all the necessary supporting components.

2. Plan project actions in detail. Simplifying job delegation and responsibilities using ConceptDraw's PROJECT Gantt chart.

   

   Figure 1. Planning a Project with ConceptDraw PROJECT.

3. To modify schedules and project detail it is possible to create a mind map from selected tasks.

   

   Figure 2. Creating Mind Map from Gantt Chart using ConceptDraw Office.

4. Open project files in ConceptDraw MINDMAP and make a single mind map of all your projects. It is convenient to keep all the related files to a project in one place. A single Knowledge Map, supporting multiple pages and hyperlinks, easily becomes the main information source for a project of any size.

Summary

ConceptDraw Office helps minimizes the amount of operations during the planning stage of a project and improves the everyday workflow of any project by utilizing visual methods to represent project information.

Related recourses

Read how to:

• Send a Document from ConceptDraw PROJECT to ConceptDraw MINDMAP
• Making a Mind Map from a Project
• Build a Mind Map from Selected Tasks in Project

Download Samples used in this article:

• “New Product Launch” project (use ConceptDraw PROJECT to open it).