ConceptDraw PROJECT Server

Open, view and analyze ConceptDraw PROJECT files (CDPZ) in your browser with cloud-based collaboration solution. ConceptDraw PROJECT Server is an online tool for collaboration on project files created in ConceptDraw PROJECT desktop software. It helps to organize effectively the collaboration of the project team on multiple projects from almost anywhere on almost any device.

ConceptDraw PROJECT Server is designed to support a project manager and project team in developing a plan, managing project resources, following and analyzing project progress. It helps a project manager to watch online how multiple projects are going. Resource managers can use Project Server to organize effective collaboration within a remote team. Using PROJECT Server enables investors and stakeholders to always be in the loop of the current project status.

• Upload/Download ConceptDraw PROJECT files;
• Create a shared Workspace Resource Pool;
• Assign shared resources on your project tasks;
• Analyze the usage of the same resources in the different projects;
• Identify resource overload and underload;
• Change Start/Finish dates of your project tasks to use resources effectively;
• Invite project users and give them access to your projects;
• View Gantt charts of your projects with popular Internet browsers;
• Change the tasks completion value and enable others to do this;
• View a list of tasks of one or more projects in scheduler mode;
• View properties of the project, project calendars, and resources.

Communication is key for a successful project. ConceptDraw PROJECT Server allows you to seamlessly connect everyone involved in your activity to keep your team working on the same page. You can invite users to your workspace. You can assign them roles in your projects if needed, or let them be “unassigned”. Each person you invited to the workspace you administrate is considered as a user within your PROJECT Server license, regardless of his own. Users you invite will also be able to download new projects into your workspace.

1. Launch ConceptDraw PROJECT Server. The Projects page will be opened by default.
2. Select a workspace and click the USERS item in the drop-down menu.
3. Enter email (1), user name (2) and press the “Add User” button (3).
4. Set the user’s role in the project (4). When you invite a user to a role of Resource Manager, you should select one or more resources from the list (5).
5. The user will get an email notification, when he has been assigned the role.

ConceptDraw PROJECT Server gives you the great opportunity to use together with the ConceptDraw PROJECT files uploaded to cloud storage of PROJECT Server. It allows you to track at once the processes of multiple projects. Using ConceptDraw Project and PROJECT Server together allows improving development, realization, management, and cooperation on projects of any type and scale. Applying the combination of offline and online project management tools allows you to achieve the main goals of projects in time and with minimal efforts.

You can upload up to 100 different Project files to PROJECT Server cloud storage. Collaborate your project online with stakeholders and project team. Administrator of the current workspace and the Project manager are eligible to download the particular project along with the latest changes made online. The project will be saved as ConceptDraw PROJECT file.

1. Run ConceptDraw PROJECT Server. The Projects page will be opened by default.
2. Select the particular workspace.
3. Select the project you want to download and click the More Options icon .
4. Press the EXPORT PROJECT button.




5. The project will be downloaded in ConceptDraw PROJECT (CDPZ) format.
6. Find out it in the folder you use to download files from Internet.

Start using ConceptDraw PROJECT Server from uploading to the repository at least one project file. Administrators can download up to 100 projects into the workspace. In addition, User invited by Administrator or another User, regardless of the project and his role, can upload his own projects to the workspaces in which he was invited. By default, the user is assigned the authority of the project manager in projects that he uploads to the workspace.

1. Open ConceptDraw PROJECT Server. The Projects page will be opened by default.
2. Select the particular workspace.
3. Press the UPLOAD PROJECT button. Then, browse your computer to select the ConceptDraw PROJECT file (CDPZ). Or select ConceptDraw PROJECT (CDPZ) multiple files then drag and drop them.
4. The uploaded project will be displayed at the top of the list of workspace’s projects.