#Conceptdraw office 3 review professional
#Conceptdraw office 3 review mac

mpp files? and ability to change fonts and font sizes? Crashes with 'unexpectedly quit' error when closing documents. Also, how about direct import/export of MS Project. Sometimes draws part of Gantt chart in Column window, and vice versa. When changing column widths the column title box width stays the same but the rest of the column changes (workaround is to change the width then deselect one column from 'Column view' setting, hit OK, then reselect it, hit OK the column will then be correctly drawn). Lines/links between task bars in Gantt charts easily become disconnected and free-float when column widths are changed or sometimes when view is changed from daily to weekly. Their marketing people must be delusional. $180? For this? Not as it is now! How about if you make it work properly then take money from people. it's too bad though since the drawing tool and mind-mapping are awesome. As soon as I find something good, I'll drop ConceptDraw altogether.

#Conceptdraw office 3 review mac

I'm at a stage now where I'm looking for alternatives for Project that runs well on a Mac and that would integrate with a Mindmapping tool. I'm not talking about 'nice-to-haves' here, I'm talking about flaws in the reporting that makes it very difficult to manage projects. Although the technical support department in North America acknowledges my requests and confirms the deficiencies or bugs, the developers in Europe are not addressing the issues. I have reported dozens of issues to the technical support department over the last two years, some of the elements were resolved although most of the Project reporting tools bugs/deficiencies have yet to be addressed. This lack of a task ID makes it very difficult to map a line# printed on the reports to the actual schedule. One of my biggest issues is a lack of a task ID that would directly map between the actual schedule and the line items printed on the reports. Several of the reports have over-striking issues or don't report what they should. However, the reporting tools within Project is unacceptable as your schedule becomes a bit more complex. For simple projects, ConcetpDraw Project works OK. I really like the integration with Project and the Mindmapping as well as drawing tools that are part of the ConceptDraw Suite.

#Conceptdraw office 3 review professional

I'm a professional Project Manager and have been using the ConceptDraw Suite for a couple of years.

By adding custom columns to a single Gantt chart for multiple projects, you can define your own fields for data that referred to all of your projects running simultaneously.

ConceptDraw PROJECT v12 allows you to create a tabular project report based on a custom Excel template. With the help of customizable macros place the necessary data in the required cells.

Use an Excel document to create a report template.

The Report Wizard allows you to generate a custom project status report based on the ConceptDraw PROJECT file data.

And now you have a tool that can respond in time to the needs of your stakeholders or team. These documents reflect the current state of the project's key performance indicators. Reports are a communication tool for passing important information to stakeholders and team members. Project status reporting is an important component of the project management process.

Displaying current task status and project data using a customizable Excel template gives professional project managers an excellent opportunity to view a complete picture of project progress. Project data visualization supports effective project management, especially when it comes to multiple projects.

ConceptDraw PROJECT v12 contains new functionality aimed at improving the presentation of project data.