Diagramming Apps for Project Managers

  ProjectsAtWork  

Diagramming applications such as Microsoft Visio are best known for documenting a network or business process, but they can also function as project management tools in their own right. Here’s a look at four diagramming apps that can help you visualize and communicate data to stakeholders, teams and other audiences.

The advent of more project management features in today’s diagramming applications is an often overlooked ally to project managers seeking better ways to communicate schedules and other project data to their stakeholders, management and audiences beyond the project team or project management office.

Diagramming applications also offer team members a potentially better option for capturing and communicating project management information using a tool many of them already know — and without having to shell out the money for another Microsoft Project license.

Here is a look at four diagramming apps that can help you visualize and communicate project data to stakeholders, teams and other project participants.

Microsoft Visio 2010

Microsoft Visio has cut its teeth in many organizations as the tool of choice for creating org charts, network diagrams and process flows. However, the latest release includes a number of project management oriented features that can help a project manager become more productive with the …

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