Free Upgrades to ConceptDraw PRO

CS Odessa has just announced important free upgrades to the company’s ConceptDraw PRO business graphics and diagramming package.

ConceptDraw PRO 9.4 features an enhanced startup wizard, new connectors technology and ConceptDraw Solution Park additions to help users produce professional results more quickly, easily and cost effectively. The upgraded ConceptDraw PRO package demonstrates CS Odessa’s ongoing commitment to continuously improving its solutions suite.

Improvements include:

1. A new Start Up Wizard that allows users to set basic formatting features.
2. Arrows 10 technology to streamline object linking.
3. New Solution Park enhancements, including new templates and libraries to help users quickly and efficiently produce professional results.

"The new startup wizard can help users begin each new project more efficiently and effectively," says Olin Reams, General Manager, VP of Sales & Marketing Americas at CS Odessa. "Smart Connectors technology enhances the intelligent design of the product since it fits the way people think instead of program operations."

Create a Project WBS

Step 1. From ConceptDraw PROJECT open the “Aerospace Research” sample project.

Tip: Use Ctrl+Shift+B (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+B (Mac OS) to generate WBS.

Step 2. From the toolbar, click the Generate WBS button.

Step 3. ConceptDraw PRO will open automatically with the generated WBS displayed.

Result. Work Breakdown Structure diagram for an Aerospace research project.

Work Break Down Structure Generation is a Snap With ConceptDraw Office

An important tool in project management and systems engineering is the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). The WBS defines a project and a group’s distinct work elements that helps to organize and define the work scope of a project.

WBS also provides the necessary framework for estimating cost along with a high level view that can be used for schedule development and control. ConceptDraw Office is a dynamic tool that builds a WBS by copying the tasks you wish to diagram from the Gantt view in ConceptDraw PROJECT and then pasting them ConceptDraw PRO. ConceptDraw Office makes it so easy to revise and update your WBS as needed.

In ConceptDraw PRO the WBS is editable, for changes and/or presentation. ConceptDraw Office has many features that help eliminate wasted time in report generation and permit team members to focus on the project at hand rather than building diagrams.