ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Compatibility with MS Visio

Powerful business graphics and diagramming tools are the norms and not the exception for today’s businesses. For these important visual communication tools to do their job, it is often important that they be compatible with a file format that can be easily shared with others. For years the de facto standard file format for business has been Microsoft Visio™. Many people involved in visual communication need software tools that will read and write using the Visio file format.

The well-known MS Visio software has lots of better alternatives nowadays, such as, for example, a ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing one, providing lots of solutions, useful for creating lots and lots of different charts, flowcharts, diagrams, maps, and other schematics.

Thus, using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM application you can always create any needed diagram, including a SSADM one, known to be widely used within the so-called “Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method”, which is also known to be a “waterfall” one, meaning that it is a “non-iterative design process” used in the different development processes of software. The method uses the progress as a “flowing steadily downwards” reminding a “waterfall”. These mentioned “downwards” go through the phases of design, initiation, conception, analysis, testing, construction, production, implementation and maintenance. “SSADM” is used in the analysis while designing different information systems, contrasting with more contemporary “agile” methods, such as “Scrum”, “DSDM”. Using this method, which is basically a particular implementation, with help of which you can build the work of different schools of the development methods, analysis, design, etc., you can always create any SSADM diagram representing and describing the system.

A chart or a “graph” can be also always made in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing software, being simply a graphical representation of data, where this particular data is represented with the help of the design symbols, which all can be found in the solutions we mentioned above as each solution, developed for the purpose of helping the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users to make charts, consists at least one stencil library with the design elements, which all can be used for your drawings. You can make “line charts”, “bar charts”, “pie charts” and any other charts you need, improving the existing examples, given in each of the solutions or making your drawings from a scratch. Each chart can represent a so-called “tabular” data, which is numeric and which can be illustrated with the help of the mentioned above drawing software. You can make a “data chart”, which is a type of graph, with help of which it is easier to organize as well as to represent a set of both numerical or/and qualitative data.

It is a well-known fact that Visio does not have a Mac OS X version. That is why all ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing software users have an opportunity to use their favorite application to import and export the Visio files, as well as to open and edit these files on their Mac, apart from many other file formats. That’s why ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing software is a great alternative to MS Visio on Mac, supporting import of MS Visio files, such as swim-lane diagrams, project charts, flowcharts, org-charts, cause-and-effect diagrams, decision tree charts, schemes, maps, graphs, plans and many other diagrams’, flowcharts’ and charts’ types, which all can be created within only a few hours or even minutes in case you have the pre-made solutions available to be found and downloaded from ConceptDraw STORE.

Comparing ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing application and MS Visio application, it becomes obvious that the first one is much more convenient in use. Providing the pre-made examples and templates, the IT specialists of CS Odessa made ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing application one of the best tools for drawing a large number of charts, flowcharts, maps, schemes, and plans. Having the previously created samples, which all can be found in the appropriate solutions on this site or from ConceptDraw STORE, means having an opportunity to draw your own great looking and professional looking charts, flowcharts, maps, diagrams and other schematics of any complexity.

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Having the stencil libraries full of design elements available in the solutions from Solution Park on this site and from ConceptDraw STORE means having enough tools for making any drawings getting the smart and great looking result only in a few minutes if you are good at using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing software already. Even if you never had any opportunity to learn how to make such drawings, you can feel as if you were a professional designer making smart plans, great looking schemes, professionally looking charts as well as complex flowcharts.

You can always import files, which were previously created in MS Visio, to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing application to use them, inserting new data and improving the way they look. To continue working with previously created files in MS Visio, you can simply import them to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing and to improve their content any time it’s needed. In this way, it will be simpler for all the MS Visio users to get used to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing application step by step, as ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing is known to be a better as well as more convenient software, which you can always use on your Mac.

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This examples illustrates how MS Visio 2016 diagram (VSDX file format) has been converted into ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagram.

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM being an application, compatible with MS Visio formatted files, is an application you need to be using as long as you want to continue your work with MS Visio files, but in a better software. Thus, all MS Visio files can be imported as well as exported and converted to be used while working in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing software — the one, compatible with all Visio formats while creating any needed schematics and other drawings. Having this new opportunity now to work with the documents, created in MS Visio, but using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing, can help more people to switch to the better application, which is ConceptDraw DIAGRAM one.

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Decision Making →

Decision Making - ConceptDraw OFFICE suite provides visual tools that are given support on the stage of the decision making. The Seven Management and Planning Tools is a set for such diagrams: Affinity Diagram, Relations Diagram, Prioritization Matrix, Root Cause Tree Diagram, Involvement Matrix, PERT Chart, Risk Diagram (PDPC).

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How to Create Gantt Chart →

To begin managing a new project, you will need to define the individual Tasks that must be completed to deliver it. The default view for a new project in ConceptDraw PROJECT is the Gantt Chart.

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Export from ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Document to PDF (Adobe Acrobat®) File →

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM has extensive export capabilities which allow you to export your drawing to Adobe PDF files. Thus, you can share your documents with your colleagues and friends even if they don't have ConceptDraw DIAGRAM installed on their computer.

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Internal Audit Process →

Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Audit Flowcharts solution from the Finance and Accounting area perfectly suits for the Internal Audit Process. You can make sure this right now!

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Audit Flowcharts

Cross-Functional Flowchart →

There are many tools to manage a process or to illustrate an algorithm or a workflow. Flowcharting is one of those tools. However, it may be difficult to show complex processes that require multiple attributes or several people in a simple flowchart, so a cross-functional flowchart would be a solution for that situation. To create such flowchart, group processes and steps to labeled rows or columns, and divide those groups with horizontal or vertical parallel lines. It is worth mentioning that there are different types of cross-functional flowcharts, like opportunity or deployment flowchart. This diagram shows a cross-functional flowchart that was made for a trading process. It contains 14 processes, distributed through 5 lines depicting the participants who interact with the process. Also there are connectors that show the data flow of information between processes. The cross-functional flowchart displays a detailed model of the trading process, as well as all participants in the process and how they interact with each other. The lines in the flowchart indicates the position, department and role of the trading process participants.

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Cross-Functional Flowcharts

SWOT Analysis →

Sometimes it’s quite useful to look on a problem from another view. To gain insight into an obstacle you should use SWOT analysis, and this will help you to see the whole situation. When composing a SWOT matrix, you divide your problem onto four elements - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and place them into matrix. This sample SWOT analysis matrix of the athletic shoes producing company was designed on the base of template provided by ConceptDraw SWOT and TOWS Matrix Diagrams solution. It delivers number of easy-to-use templates and samples of SWOT and TOWS matrices for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM. Applying one of these templates, enables to quickly find out Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. After creating a list managers can consider methods the business can use to amplify strengths and to decrease weaknesses; realize opportunities; and avoid threats.

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SWOT and TOWS Matrix Diagrams

Comparison List →

This sample was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software using the Basic Diagramming Solution from the Universal Diagramming area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

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Basic Diagramming

PROBLEM ANALYSIS. Prioritization Matrix →

ConceptDraw OFFICE suite is a software for Prioritization Matrix diagram making. This diagram ranks the drivers’ factors to determine priority. It identifies the factors of the first priority for analysis of possible corrective actions. It assesses the weight of each factor for each criterion and specifies it in the Prioritization Matrix. The total sum of weights for a factor’s criteria indicates its priority.

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Software Work Flow Process in Project Management with Diagram →

This sample was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software using the Workflow Diagrams Solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This sample shows the Workflow Diagram that clearly illustrates stages a BPM consists of and relations between all parts of business. The Workflow Diagrams are used to represent the transferring of data during the work process, to study and analysis the working processes, and to optimize a workflow.

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Workflow Diagrams

Crea Diagramas De Flujo →

No need for any special drawing skills to create professional looking diagrams outside of your knowledge base. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM takes care of the technical details, allowing you to focus on your job, not the drawing.

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