Problem Analysis
Management and Planning tools
ConceptDraw OFFICE suite is a software for Problem Analysis. The Seven Management and Planning Tools are a set of such tools for investigating complex problems. These tools are exemplary at organizing research, parsing complex problems, providing a structure for the details, helping managers make decisions, and organizing effective communications in a visual manner that keeps everyone involved.
Pic.1 Problem Analysis. Affinity diagram — Business Expansion
The Affinity Diagram shows the structure of complex factors that have an influence on a problem, and then divides them up into a smaller and simpler structure. This diagram is designed to prepare the data for further analysis of the cause-effect relationships.
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ConceptDraw PROJECT’s powerful reporting engine lets you generate a set of tabular reports with just one click, or visualize your project as Radial Tasks Structures, Work Breakdown Structures and Resource Calendars. It also provides you with dynamic Project Dashboards.

Picture: How to Report Task's Execution with Gantt Chart
Fishbone diagram, often reffered as Cause and Effect diagram or Ishikawa diagram, is one of the basic and the most effective tools for problems solving. It is a way of graphical identifying, structuring and exploration the root causes of a problem for determining effective decision.
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM enhanced with Fishbone Diagrams solution is a professional fishbone problem solving tool which helps you draw Business Productivity diagram, Cause and Effect, Fishbone, Ishikawa Diagrams to solve problems at your business.

Picture: Fishbone Problem Solving Tool
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Use ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and business graphics software to draw your own flowcharts of business processes.

Picture: How to Draw an Effective Flowchart
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Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) is a commonly used technique that was designed in order to help prepare the contingency plans. The emphasis of the PDPC is identifying the consequential impact of failure on activity plans as well as creating the appropriate contingency plans in terms of limiting the risks. Planning to make the tree diagrams and/or the process diagrams can be extended by a couple of levels when the PDPC can be applied to the bottom level tasks on those diagrams.

Picture: Risk Diagram (Process Decision Program Chart)
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Many things can be listed as potential strengths and weaknesses of a company. To create a good-looking scheme, use SWOT analysis software and enjoy the results within a few minutes. A good practice is to make a SWOT analysis twice a year.
These drawings illustrate the possibilities of ConcptDraw solution for building SWOT and TOWS Matrices. SWOT analysis matrix demonstrates this widely used method for detection of Strengths and Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats facing any business. If SWOT analysis is carried out properly, it can help to build a good position in the market. The ConceptDraw SWOT and TOWS Analysis solution provides a great number of templates of both SWOT and TOWS matrices. Moreover, this is the only software that offers to carry out SWOT analysis starting from making mind maps. The solution contains SWOT mind map templates. A single mouse click is needed to turn the SWOT mind map into a SWOT matrix. The SWOT diagram will be created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM on the base of SWOT mind map.

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