CS Odessa announces the release of ConceptDraw Project 3

January 18, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
CS Odessa, a leading provider of productivity solutions, announces the release of ConceptDraw Project 3, the newest totally redesigned version of their popular project management software product.

A big advantage to Macintosh users is that the new version is universal binary application and runs natively on all Intel-based Macintosh computers.

“ConceptDraw Project 3 is designed to plan and keep track of any number of projects simultaneously. There's often a need to work on several projects at the same time and we believe that ConceptDraw Project 3 is the right solution for those who strive to increase the overall business performance and work in a mixed PC and Macintosh environment,” said Oleg Bocharnikov, Head of Product Management Department for CS Odessa.

Critical path highlighting and network diagram view, a schematic display of the sequential and logical relationship of activities which comprise the project, have been added to ConceptDraw Project 3 to enhance the project management capabilities of application and give customers better control of a project’s timeline.

Since usability is the main focus of this version new, floating dialogs have been added providing quick access to various frequently performed tasks such as resource allocation or changing of task properties.

Taking into consideration user feedback ConceptDraw Project 3 also adds the ability to set coloring, font and filling for almost any element on the screen. This control is essential in highlighting important tasks, grouping them by color or configuring printer output.

Task sorting and filtering is another often requested extension implemented in ConceptDraw Project 3. The task filtering mechanism is used to hide all unnecessary information based on user-defined conditions and focuses only on desired tasks. It is the fastest way to find a resource or group tasks based on their cost, date or completion.

You can read more information and download a Free Trial version at:
http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/project/main.php

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY:
ConceptDraw Project 3 is available as a paid upgrade for all registered users of previous versions for US $ 99 at:
http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/purchase/project/upgrade.php

ConceptDraw Project 3 retail price is $199.
Academic and volume discounts are available.
Products can be obtained directly from CS Odessa at
http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/purchase/project/main.php
or through our resellers at http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/sales/

ABOUT CONCEPTDRAW PRODUCTIVITY LINE
The ConceptDraw product line for Macintosh and Windows is comprised of ConceptDraw VI diagramming and drawing software; ConceptDraw MINDMAP, a brainstorming tool that uses standard mind mapping techniques to help organize ideas and tasks; ConceptDraw Project, professional project management software; ConceptDraw WebWave, software for creating professional diagrams and drawings on the stage of website or application prototyping and design, page mocking-up and site-mapping; ConceptDraw NetDiagrammer, software for network and system design; ConceptDraw Reporter, software for reporting which creates image-based documents; ConceptDraw Presenter, an application for creating slide shows, animated presentations and Flash movies from ConceptDraw documents. Also ConceptDraw Medical, a special illustration module for medical and biochemical specialists is available.

ABOUT CS ODESSA
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 over 25 countries. The ConceptDraw Productivity Line of products has won numerous awards (http://www.conceptdraw.com) and is used by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.