CS Odessa Announces New ConceptDraw Project 4, Making It Easier To Manage Projects and Resources.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- CS Odessa today announced the upcoming planned release of ConceptDraw Project 4 for Macintosh and Windows, scheduled for general availability in mid-September 2007. The newest release of ConceptDraw Project 4 project management software is designed to plan and track a wide range of projects simultaneously and to accurately allocate and manage any shared resources Sharing a peripheral device (disk, printer, etc.) among several users. For example, a file server and laser printer in a LAN are shared resources. Contrast with shared logic. between all managed projects. New to Project 4 is a "Resource Usage View", enhanced Microsoft Project (product) Microsoft Project - A Microsoft Windows program offering various project management tools. http://microsoft.com/office/project/. compatibility, a redesigned tabular tab·u·lar adj. 1. Having a plane surface; flat. 2. Organized as a table or list. 3. Calculated by means of a table. tabular resembling a table. project interface and a number of widely requested usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. improvements. The new "Resource Usage View" in Project 4 permits project managers to quickly have an accurate view of resource loading and task allocation for each available resource. Project 4 represents the project data in a clear, compelling visual presentation displaying a color-coded representation of resource usage; possible areas of potential resource misalignment mis·a·ligned adj. Incorrectly aligned. mis  a·lign ment n. are highlighted for clear viewing.
"Resource Usage View" is an essential tool for quickly finding
over and under allocated workers and then being able to precisely
balance against the project requirements.
"Project success is dependent on an accurate assessment of how human and material resources are allocated and utilized. Because of this requirement there is a large demand today for a project management tool that organizes resource management. We are addressing this important project management requirement with our 'Resource Usage View' and 'Common Resource Pool' report contained in Project 4. Now project mangers can focus on the human relations human relations npl → relaciones fpl humanas side of resource management, while the software takes care of the technical side providing all necessary information to properly manage projects, people and materials," notes Olesya Gileva, Head of Product Management for CS Odessa. The ConceptDraw Project user interface has undergone some important changes in version 4, providing even quicker navigation between projects and different status views; these changes dramatically speed up the task of project management. With Project 4 tasks and resources contained in all projects are clearly laid out making it easier to supervise each individual project as well as all the projects in the manager's portfolio. These user interface changes have been introduced in Project 4 to make project operations easier and faster for both beginner and experienced users. Gerhard Trimpin, a long-time ConceptDraw Project user and enthusiast A person who enjoys using computers and electronic equipment. Enthusiasts like technology and are willing to learn more of the ins and outs of a product than the average consumer, who just wants to use it. An enthusiast is more like a "prosumer." See consumer and prosumer. shares his opinion, "Arranging materials and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. for my projects, I find the resource usage view is the best invention I have noticed in the program. This view is brilliant! And so is the view selector (programming) selector - 1. In Smalltalk or Objective C, the syntax of a message which selects a particular method in the target object. 2. An operation that returns the state of an object but does not alter that state. in the toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the . To open only one window and put every view inside it is one of the things I benefit the most. Sometimes I really had to look through all the open windows to find the one I worked with before. Now it's just the one window of Project and the inspector and you don't need more than that." "The interface looks very clean and is well arranged and structured. I like that a lot! The intuitivity of the interface is improved incredibly compared to Project 3", says Franc Nigl, a Program Manager at Ordina Holding. ConceptDraw Project 4 has a suggested retail price of $199; educational and nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. pricing is also available. All purchasers of ConceptDraw Project 3 from August 15, 2007 until Project 4 ship date will be eligible to receive a no cost upgrade to Project 4. FAQs on Project 4 http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/project/upgrade_faq.php PowerPoint Overview of Project 4 http://conceptdraw.fileburst.com/Materials/project/ConceptDraw_Pro ject_4_Presentation.pps Scheduling with Project 4 http://conceptdraw.fileburst.com/Materials/project/Schedule_Contro l_in_ConceptDraw_Project_4.pps (Due to its length, these URLs may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) Founded in 1993, Computer Systems Odessa supplies cross-platform productivity tools and graphics technologies to professional and corporate users. With headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine, and an office in California, USA, CS Odessa sells products internationally through resellers in more than 25 countries. The ConceptDraw Productivity Line of products has won numerous awards (http://www.conceptdraw.com) and is now used by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. |
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