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Downloading the Old Versions of ConceptDraw Products

These are the last updates that were released for the previous versions of ConceptDraw products.
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How to Identify Project Milestones

Tips on how to set milestones in a project file
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ConceptDraw Office for Windows Installation Definition

With the introduction of version 4, ConceptDraw Office has been redesigned to better accommodate future developments and solution plugins. ConceptDraw Office 4 includes ConceptDraw PRO 11, ConceptDraw MINDMAP 9, and ConceptDraw PROJECT 8. New ConceptDraw STORE helps user manage downloads of ConceptDraw software and solutions. The following article provides owners of the previous versions of ConceptDraw products with important information on updating on ConceptDraw Office v4.
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How to Connect a Single Project Items

ConceptDraw PROJECT allows connecting any items in the single project file: Project, Task, Resource.
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How to Resize Objects in ConceptDraw PRO

When creating diagram using ConceptDraw PRO, you can select, move, resize and rotate objects. After selecting an object (or objects) in a document, you can change it position, resize it or move an object to the desired position. The sizes of objects in ConceptDraw PRO can be changed by simple dragging, or you can set a particular size of any object. Using ConceptDraw PRO, you can re-size an object on the page using the absolute measurements instead of a mouse. You can make quick work of designing complex drawing using a combination of different-sized items.
"Interrelationship digraph is a method to identify relationships among a set of items. Items that have a cause or effect associated on another item are linked together (and given weight) for the purpose of identifying the items most affected or items affecting other items the most, giving emphasis on those items for risk mitigation planning. Items involved in risk management could be risks being mitigated, risk strategies, project activities or resources. ...
This method fosters broad thinking of individuals to identify interrelationships of risk items that affect the whole project, determining critical risk areas that must be dealt first and ensures efficient allocation of project resources." [sce.uhcl.edu/ helm/ Risk_ Man_ WEB/ Planning%20 Worksheet%20 Notes_ files%5Cintrldgm.htm]
Relation diagram (interrelationship digraph, relationships digram) helps identify what factors are causes and which factors are effects. Factors help establish KPI (Key Performance Indicators) to monitor changes and the effectiveness of corrective actions in resolving a problem.
The relations diagram is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools (7 MP tools, Seven New Quality Tools).
The relations diagram template for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the solution "Seven Management and Planning Tools" from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Interrelationship digraph template
Interrelationship digraph template, factor,
This vector stencils library contains 10 templates for drawing the prioritization matrices using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The prioritization matrix is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools (7 MP tools, Seven New Quality Tools).
"Prioritization Matrix ... is used to prioritize items and describe them in terms of weighted criteria. It uses a combination of tree and matrix diagramming techniques to do a pair-wise evaluation of items and to narrow down options to the most desired or most effective. Popular applications for the Prioritization Matrix include Return-on-Investment (ROI) or Cost-Benefit analysis (Investment vs. Return), Time management Matrix (Urgency vs. Importance), etc." [Seven Management and Planning Tools. Wikipedia]
Use prioritization matrix to rank items based on a set of criteria.
The example "Design elements - Prioritization matrix" is included in the solution "Seven Management and Planning Tools" from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Prioritization matrices
Prioritization matrices, prioritization matrix,
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How to Create a Custom Library

Why do people use custom clipart to create their mind maps? First, this allows you to create your author's style. Making a mind map is a creative work, and each mind map depicts the personality of its author. More, the custom clipart is needed if your mind map often contains the same set of custom images that are not supplied with standard software package. ConceptDraw MINDMAP allows you to create a custom clip art library to increase the visual capacity of your mind maps. You can even deploy them inside ConceptDraw MINDMAP so that you can use them through standard interface tools.
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How to add Several Hyperlinks to a Single Project Task

The number of hyperlinks, you can add to each project item in ConceptDraw PROJECT file is unlimited.
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How to Add a Mind Map into a Given Notebook in Your Evernote Storage

The Note Exchange solution lets you to add a content, created with ConceptDraw MINDMAP to any of your Evernote's notebooks.
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How to Use the Effort-Driven Scheduling Method

The idea of Effort-driven scheduling in project management is that each project task can be scheduled and assumed basing to the amount of the available work hours. Effort-driven scheduling is used as the default method of project scheduling in ConceptDraw PROJECT. This means that task duration, units, and work amount for individual assignment depends on the entire work, required for a given task. Whether you add or remove resources, the total work amount still the same, while ConceptDraw PROJECT regulates the duration of task or units assigned for the given resources.
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How to Create Multple Projects Schedule on Windows

ConceptDraw PROJECT is simple project scheduling software, it allows grouping individual projects into a multiple project that can use a common resource pool and a synchronized task schedule. You can create a detailed schedule of your multiple project quickly and easy with ConceptDraw PROJECT. When considering project change requests, project manager can model their interaction by grouping or dividing into sub-projects. It include useful critical path scheduling software tools. Multiproject Dashboard enables planning and managing several projects simultaneously using the single resource pool for all projects. The Multiproject Dashboard helps you plan multiple projects while providing you with overall view.
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Embedded Filtering Capabilities in ConceptDraw  PROJECT for Macintosh

The embedded filters of ConceptDraw PROJECT can be very useful for viewing a specific range of information. You can apply filters to tasks, resources and even projects.
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How to Customize the Columns in Your Project File

Some ConceptDraw PROJECT users need to start new projects from their custom default page. In this post we tell you how to make it.
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How to Create an Effective Mind Map Using Topic Types

Tips on how to increase mind map effectiveness using Topic Types functionality, delivered with ConceptDraw MINDMAP.