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Pros
User-Friendly Interface: Several users have praised ConceptDraw Project for its user-friendly interface. They have found it easy to navigate and complete tasks efficiently. The intuitive design of the software allows users to quickly understand how to use the product without any confusion or extensive training.
Helpful Customer Support: Many reviewers appreciate the customer support provided by the company. They have found the support team to be helpful and responsive, providing prompt assistance whenever they encountered any issues or had questions. The availability of reliable customer support adds value to their experience with the product.
Positive Overall Impression: Users generally have a positive impression of ConceptDraw Project's usability and customer support, which contributes to their overall satisfaction with the product.
We use PROJECT to plan and manage projects for ourselves (Container Terminal Automation, Machine Design, Software design) as well as for others (small to medium sized commercial construction).
Pros
PROJECT is tightly integrated with Diagram and MindMap, the two other tools in the CD Suite. This allows me to do initial scoping in MindMap and then switch to PROJECT and go back and forth as new requirements are exposed and tasks are developed.
For projects that entail the development of mechanical or electro-mechanical systems it is necessary to develop a topology of the system. By using MindMap I can define the required elements of the system, switch to Diagram to develop an initial layout of the components of the system and then switch to PROJECT to start defining the task to develop the system. Once the system has been defined I use CD Solutions to generate presentations that incorporate the reports and dashboards generated by PROJECT.
PROJECT is cross platform (Mac and Windows). We are a Mac shop, so the ability to import Microsoft project and Visio charts and export to those formats as well saves a lot of heartburn when so many of our partners and potential customers are Windows users.
Cons
PERT charts can be generated in PROJECT but only for one task or task group at a time. I would welcome the ability to generate a PERT chart for the entire project.
As a Mac shop I would like to have the ability to export directly to Keynote.
Likelihood to Recommend
Getting started - using the Gantt chart to enter tasks in any order and then using those tasks to initially define a MindMap to further explore alternative dependencies. The alternative works better when initiating a project with significant unknowns.
We don't need to do a lot of formal project plans in our business, but when we do ConceptDraw PROJECT is a great economical way to put together a professional looking project. It has all the project tracking essentials: the Gantt chart, resource/budget tracking, the ability to combine multiple projects, and a reasonable number of reports. The interface is easy to use with a mouse, but the keyboard shortcuts take some getting used to (ctrl-rightarrow to indent a task?). It doesn't have the more advanced calculations for project time estimates that can be found in MS Project, but it can both open and export in the MS Project format as well as Excel and PDF so sharing with customers is easy even if they don't have the ConceptDraw suite. Overall this is a great product for the price and exactly what we need for putting together a few formal projects each year.
Pros
Clear, intuitive interface
Multiple industry standard export types
Cons
Non-intuitive keyboard shortcuts
No advanced reporting or estimates
Likelihood to Recommend
Solid project software for developing and tracking small to medium sized projects without too much complexity.
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Employee in Information Technology (Information Technology & Services company, 1-10 employees)