Gant Chart in Project Management

How to Create a Gantt Chart for Your Project

Instruction on how to create Gantt chart using ConceptDraw PROJECT software.
Gant Chart is a graphical representation of tasks as segments on a time scale. It helps plan or overlapping.

How to Use ConceptDraw PROJECT Micro Reports

The Micro Report is a tool to help you communicate better with your project team. The Micro Report allows you to generate and send mind map status reports to individuals that are generated directly from the data in a project file.

How to Set a Project Baseline

Project baseline in ConceptDraw PROJECT is excellent forguiding the execution of the current project and can be useful for further projects.

How to Import Project Data From MS Excel File

You can import information into the project from MS Excel workbook using the entered fields - fields in which you can enter or edit information as opposed to calculated fields.

How to Input Data from MS Excel Into a Mind Map

Many people apply Excel documents to store data in the form of hierarchical lists. With ConceptDraw MINDMAP you can easily turn the linear structure of an Excel table in a radial structure of mind map ConceptDraw MINDMAP will create a mind map file (CDMZ) from your Excel (XLS) file. If you keep your information in the Microsoft Excel files, you can import them into ConceptDraw MINDMAP, converting the columns and rows to a hierarchically structured mind map. If you have multiple individual sheets in your Excel workbook, ConceptDraw MINDMAP will turn them into a single multi-page mind map. ConceptDraw MINDMAP lets you import an entire Microsoft® Excel file as well as insert data from the selected cells.

How to Convert a Mind Map into MS Project XML

The easiest way to start this project is to conduct a brainstorm session that identifies necessary tasks, then prepare a project schedule in the form of a Gantt chart and assign resources to tasks. With ConceptDraw MINDMAP, you can initiate a project using a mind map to represent all critical and important tasks. ConceptDraw MINDMAP supports a mind map export to MS Project; it also allows import a project file from MS Project giving team members who use macOS or Windows a working visual map of a planned project.

How to Report on Multiple Projects Status

Reporting on project status is an important part of project management. A project manager has to generate systematic reports on project progress concerning schedule, scope, and budget. Project progress reports made orderly, form a notation of current project status. Once a project manager has been assigned to a number of projects running simultaneously, a variety of business issues come up, such as: what kind of projects have already been launched, and what is their status? The reporting facilities of ConceptDraw PROJECT are actually dramatic. The following article is created to let you find out how to generate reports on multiple projects using ConceptDraw PROJECT standard reporting pack.

How to Create Multiple Projects Schedule on macOS

ConceptDraw PROJECT lets you group separate projects into a multiproject that can share a common resource pool and a synchronized task schedule. ConceptDraw PROJECT allows you run multiple projects in the same file and even to group projects together.

How to Make SWOT Analysis in a Word Document

A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool that helps to identify and compare strengths and weaknesses with opportunities and threats to make a decision and create an action plan. When performing a SWOT analysis, one can create a table split up into four columns so as to list each impacting element side-by-side for comparison, but typically it is conducted using a four-square SWOT analysis template. Using mind map allows you to collect and structure a piece of information involved in SWOT Analysis then, you can export your SWOT mind map into an MS Word document that allows you to present and collaborate your business strategic SWOT analysis matrix in MS Word document.

How to Use Critical Path Analysis for Scheduling Complex Projects

Critical Path Analysis helps you to identify the minimum length of time needed to complete a project. Where you need to run an accelerated project, it helps you to identify which project steps you should accelerate to complete the project within the available time.

How to Create a SWOT Matrix Quickly

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM allows creating SWOT Matrix in just one click for presenting analysis results performed in mind map structure using ConceptDraw MINDMAP.

How to Get Started with ConceptDraw Solution for Evernote

ConceptDraw MINDMAP provides the ability to place ConceptDraw mind maps on Evernote with the press of a button, and then view them anywhere in the world, on any computer or mobile device. The Note Exchange solution lets you publish content from ConceptDraw MINDMAP to your Evernote account.

How to Convert a Multipage Mind Map Into a Professional Sale Presentation

ConceptDraw MINDMAP lets you create a professional-looking sales presentation easily.Even multipage mind map can be converted to a solid presentation.

How to Set the Slide Order in Default Presentation

Tips on how to set the slide order in mind map presentation

How to Brainstorm with ConceptDraw MINDMAP

Brainstorming is a way of generating ideas related to a specific theme. Usually brainstorming involves a group of people generating a lot of ideas in a short period of time. The key to brainstorming is putting off the process of evaluating ideas until a later stage. The participants keep a record of their ideas as they come to mind, without thinking them over. Unorthodox and unusual thoughts are welcome, and no criticism or justification is allowed in order to encourage participation. Though one can brainstorm individually, the technique works better in a group, as ideas expressed by one participant trigger more ideas from others, often based on associations, and the participants can benefit from each other’s experience and knowledge.
Brainstorming using a software tool has a lot of advantages over the traditional way of capturing ideas like flip-charts or white-boards. The latter have physical size limitations, which constrain the process as the number of ideas grows. Ideas become scattered around the room, making it is easy to overlook important ideas. Further grouping and prioritizing of ideas is inconvenient and requires a lot of effort. ConceptDraw MINDMAP helps to avoid these problems. Read here how to run a Brainstorming session with ConceptDraw MINDMAP.