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Welcome to ConceptDraw Project

• Introduction
• What's new
• What is Gantt Chart (historical reference)
• Registration
• Subscribing to Newsletter
• Downloading Updates
• Technical Support

Introduction

ConceptDraw Project is designed for planning and tracking of projects states during their completion. If your work is connected with planning, then this program is a great helper for you. You will be able to work with voluntary number of projects simultaneously, which will allow you not to get confused when allocating resources between projects and to accurately calculate the cost of these projects and fix the budget.

ConceptDraw Project is a perfect tool for planning with the help of Gantt Charts. Intuitive interface, optimal toolset, extended possibilities, simplicity in use and in studying to work with ConceptDraw Project will allow to make your work as effective as possible. We offer you a brief course of studies on ConceptDraw Project, where you will be able to get acquainted with practically all the functionalities of the program and learn how to use them.

Here is the list of main features of ConceptDraw Project:

• Creating of Workspace with any number of projects and Global Resource List
• Creating of project in the form of Gantt Chart and work with it
• Creating of Project Calendar Plan
• Customizing of Calendar
• Export/Import of project information to ConceptDraw MindMap Outline and MSProject 2002 XML
• System of generating Reports on the project to HTML format documents
• Simplicity in publishing of project information on WEB-Site
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Integration with ConceptDraw product line (ConceptDraw MindMap)
• Extended print possibilities

We are going to learn step-by-step, from the simplest things - creating of single project Workspace to the most difficult ones - editing of the program, operations with resources, generating of reports, and managing many resources.

All Lessons are conveniently arranged by topics, so if you need to re-read any information, you will always be able to know where to find it.

• Lesson 1 is dedicated to quick creation of a Chart. We first will create a single project Workspace, and then we will make up Task- and Resource Sheets.
• Lesson 2 is dedicated to program editing and work with a project during its completion: manipulations with tasks, setting links between tasks, changing terms and work with Calendar, setting Milestones and Deadlines, defining degree of completion and work cost.
• Lesson 3 is dedicated to possibilities of sharing your work with colleagues and business partners. We will consider printing, import and export of a document and creating reports.
• Lesson 4 is dedicated to work with many projects simultaneously and to settings of document properties and look of interface.

ConceptDraw Project is a powerful professional instrument, in which you can document the most complicated projects up to production processes. But in between it can also be used for planning different leisure time activities or for some personal needs. We will start studying from a simple and fascinating example - let's plan a picnic for the Company's workers for the week-end. You do not necessarily have to copy the project contents word for word or date for date, you can project your own picnic for your Company or for your family, this will make your studying even more exciting, for in the end you will enjoy the fruits of your work! At the same time you can put it in practice and consider mistakes.

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