ConceptDraw PROJECT is a
project management software
Project management software (PMS) has the capacity to help plan, organize, and manage resource tools and develop resource estimates. Depending on the sophistication of the software, it can manage estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control a ...
package developed by
Computer Systems Odessa for
Microsoft Windows and
macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
platforms. It presents projects as
Gantt chart
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule, named after its popularizer, Henry Gantt (1861–1919), who designed such a chart around the years 1910–1915. Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency relationsh ...
s with linked tasks,
milestones and deadlines. Since 2008 it has been a part of the
ConceptDraw Office software package, and can thus represent Gantt charts as
mind map
A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information into a hierarchy, showing relationships among pieces of the whole. It is often created around a single concept, drawn as an image in the center of a blank page, to which associated ...
s and vice versa. It can also produce
visual
The visual system comprises the sensory organ (the eye) and parts of the central nervous system (the retina containing photoreceptor cells, the optic nerve, the optic tract and the visual cortex) which gives organisms the sense of sight ...
reports
A report is a document that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents. Usage
In ...
,
work breakdown structure
A work-breakdown structure (WBS) in project management and systems engineering is a deliverable-oriented breakdown of a project into smaller components. A work breakdown structure is a key project deliverable that organizes the team's work int ...
s and other
project
A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal.
An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of even ...
diagram
A diagram is a symbolic representation of information using visualization techniques. Diagrams have been used since prehistoric times on walls of caves, but became more prevalent during the Enlightenment. Sometimes, the technique uses a three ...
s via
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM. ConceptDraw PROJECT supports import and export of text outlines,
MS Project,
MS Excel, and
MindManager files.
Supported file formats
* CDPZ - ConceptDraw PROJECT document
* CDPX - ConceptDraw PROJECT XML
* CDPTZ - ConceptDraw PROJECT template
* CDMZ -
ConceptDraw MINDMAP
ConceptDraw MINDMAP is proprietary mind mapping and brainstorming software developed by CS Odessa for Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS operating systems.
The mind mapping technology of visual thinking was invented by Tony Buzan in the 1960s ...
document
* MMAP - MindJet
MindManager document
* MPP -
Microsoft Project document
* XML –
Microsoft Project XML document
* XLSX -
Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet
Cross-Platform Compatibility
ConceptDraw PROJECT is
cross-platform compatible when running on
macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
and
Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for ...
operating systems
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ef ...
: files created on a computer power by macOS can be opened and edited on a Windows computer, and vice versa.
Elizabeth Harrin, Girl's Guide to PM, 9 August 2017 The Developer's end-user license agreement
An end-user license agreement or EULA () is a legal contract between a software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware ...
allows for cross-platform installation with a single license.
ConceptDraw PROJECT is compatible with Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a ma ...
. It supports the import/export of MS Project files and MS Excel files.
See also
* MS Project
* OmniPlan
* OpenProj
References
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External links
ConceptDraw PROJECT Official site
ConceptDraw PROJECT Video Lessons
Office suites for Windows
Office suites for macOS
Project management software