MindManager

Version 2020 would have gotten a 10. Version 2021 has features removed. Great for reviewing large project plans provided they can be imported. 2020 is a great tool for creating curriculum and presentations, then exporting them quickly to MS Powerpoint.

I like how user-friendly MindManager is for someone who has learned how to use the program. I've tried many mind mapping tools, both online and offline and I find MindManager does it right the first time without any issues. It is also visually perfect, very intuitive, and offers all features you might need. MindManager produces really sharp and professional maps that can be used on screen shares and presentations without any hesitation. It is suited well for organizing personal projects and tasks. I use it to manage most of my personal information when not doing departmental projects and tasks.

Well Suited - Presentations, Meeting Minutes, Gathering Project Requirements, Project Management, Documentation, Technical Writing, Scheduling, Sharepoint/Site Mgmt, Visual/Task integration with MS Outlook.

Meeting collaboration, note-taking, initial process design, initial project scope, and rollout. Not as well suited for detailed project management. Tasks are difficult to manage outside of MindManager and therefore double-entry becomes a requirement.

Best suited for ANY writing project, especially when organizing information and outlining.
Maybe not best suited for spreadsheet work?

MindMapper can be the complex hierarchy of a company's matrix management. Not only does it easily create data flow charts, complex organograms, flow diagrams, and data flow diagrams, MindMapper can import information directly, live, from Excel sheets or Access databases, making the diagrams functional and current. This organization is currently using this software to monitor network status across a localized broadband system. MindMapper is available to Windows and Mac users, compared to Visio which is Windows-only. Software is expensive when compared to other applications available. For an organization with limited budget options, this may not be the ideal choice.

I recommend it all the time.

MindManager is the ideal tool for all fluid and free-flow information capture. Example scenarios:

1. You can pre-build the structure of a map for a workshop so that you can 'fill in the blanks' in front of your client rather than having to spend unnecessary time creating the structure in situ. This is especially useful as it means you don't miss the capture of important details.
2. Developing a large document is super-easy in MindManager as you can progressively add, prune and reorganise information via drag and drop. Being able to collapse any section of the map at will means you can visualise how the overall end result will look without having to spend time scrolling through 'irrelevant' sections.

Love the org charting, linking external documents, web pages, salesforce opportunities all in a single place. When their profile changes on LinkedIn you never have to go back and update your org because it is live linked to the map.

I like to use it to capture meeting notes and organize my next steps. I can link MS or Google docs right into the sheet, with all the data in a live map.

I used MindManger when I onboarded to a new position to organize the training topics, and add live links into materials I knew I would one day want to revisit. This made it easy for me to have all my onboarding and training information organized and available without digging through a Shared Google Drive or a sales enablement tool. I save great PowerPoints into this map for future reference too!

Simple, easy-to-use software that allows visualization of ideas, processes, workflows. Ditch writing huge product specifications with this product. Assign and track tasks easily from the same product specification.

Well-suited uses: brain-storming, creating knowledge maps, managing projects, etc. I use it to manage most of my personal information. However, I can only use it on my PC. Evernote is better at capturing information from the web using multiple platforms (PC, ipad, iphone). MindManager can help organize the concepts collected for articles and books.

MindManager is great tool for project planning and task management. It is also very well suited for creating impressive dashboards quickly for management reporting, status tracking, and collaboration. It is a one-stop-shop for visual overview of detailed information. I think it is also a very effective and easy to use tool for project management. Plus, it is fun to use.

MindManager may be less appropriate to some extent in large complex projects but it can still add significant value if used along with other tools for management of complex large projects.

I recommend MindManager to all of my clients, students, and partners. When they see how I use the tool in a live demonstration and can see how it supports the work flow and conversation, they want to try it for themselves. I have recommended MindManager to more than 40 or 50 people in the last 2-3 years.

Well suited for project planning and troubleshooting complex processes.

Has eliminated many repetitive steps in different products to organize and flesh out details. Software functional design outlines are easy to start from basic and freeform topics that may be presented in different styles as your thought process continues. If your desired output is a markdown document then there are challenges with MindManager that require me to export to WORD and then again from WORD into a markdown document. I want a product that allows me abstract thought gathering then the ability to reorganize and add rich content to thought topics (MindManager does this very well) followed by a comprehensive export directly to a Markdown document that becomes the basis for presentations and documentation.

Life and work, shopping, planning, writing a publication, sorting data, MindManager works in all parts of my life. Just please, please give me the bowtie template so I can get rid of the other stupid [software.] How hard can it be? I have already given [MindManager] this feedback. Why send out surveys when [they do] not fix the last to-do list. Just make those bowtie risk assessment templates for me. It [takes] a million [years] and a lunch pack for me in powerpoints.

MindManager is excellent for

• brainstorming
• organizing thoughts for a talk or presentation
• linking to files on your computer or URLs on the internet

It is also very easy to reorder and reorganize minor or major areas of an outline.

Great for building up ideas and client feedback in an organized visual environment. Not so great for project management or trying to standardize workflow for dynamic positions. If you are building websites and planning site maps this software makes a huge difference during the strategy meetings. Easy to use for communicating concepts.

Where Visio is not good enough or where simple charts are required. It can be really good in situations where super simple charts are to be made with little data. Purchasing the software was very easy and limited version can be used to check whether it is a good fit for the organization. It also depends on the departments, if the users are not very tech savvy MindManager can significantly increase productivity. It seems to be designed for the people with little experience in project management.

I develop Database for my Organization. It helps me a lot in planning the tables along with its primary and foreign keys. I also use this software in planning the project. It helps me visualize the next steps and helps me planning see the project running ahead. The curved lines make it more useful while connecting different parts of the project segments.

Taxonomies, Brainstorming, Process Flows, Organization, Filtering, and General goodness.

MindManager is great for organizations with lots of people that will be using the same information. If you have multiple locations or departments or people who do things in a variety of ways, MindManager would not be easy administratively. The ability for anyone down the chain to speak into the process inside of MindManager would be an additional great feature. User credentialing could also be easier.

MindManager is ideal for preparation of grant proposals, in which you have specific criteria outlined by a sponsor and then need to basically "fill out" these different areas with your text argument.