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What is MindManager?
MindManager is a mind mapping and project management tool that aims to boost users’ productivity. It is designed to facilitate a wide range of project types, and includes cross-platform functionality and 3rd party integrations.
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What is MindManager?
MindManager aims to bring clarity and structure to plans, projects, and processes.
It helps users to transform scattered ideas and information into dynamic visual mind maps, flowcharts, concept maps, matrices and other diagrams. Users can also take control of their work, synthesize vast amounts of data, collaborate and communicate more effectively.
MindManager is a suite of visualization products that helps individuals and teams think more clearly, make better decisions, and get on the path to personal and organizational success.
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MindManager – Visualization Tools and Mind Mapping Software
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MindManager as solution for everything. Case Study brewery Murau, Austria.
The Murau brewery relies on MindManager and uses the software for everything from meeting management and budget planning to spare parts management for their machinery.
MindManager Integrations
- Zapier
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Teams
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
- MS Excel
MindManager Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Languages | English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Chinese |
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MindManager is a mind mapping and project management tool that aims to boost users’ productivity. It is designed to facilitate a wide range of project types, and includes cross-platform functionality and 3rd party integrations.
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The most common users of MindManager are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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- Ease of use on the fly when a group is working live.
- Nice aesthetics such that maps can be shown in final deliverables.
- The right amount of functionality.
- Pop-up tips as you go.
- Format options that change everything to a pre-defined format.
- Remove the constant pop-up reminders to upgrade.
August 09, 2019
Slick tool for brainstorming!
- Different way to note ideas down, but very powerful.
- Easy to use.
- Easy to read other user's mindmaps.
- Licensed product.
- No viewer for all platforms.
- New version yearly.
August 09, 2019
Visual, Easy-To-Use Project Solution
- It has great visuals and visual mappings as compared to a lot of other Project Management solutions, which are not as robust in this area.
- It integrates really well with other Project Management software, such as MS Project. you can easily import projects or info from MS Project right into MindManager, and MindManager will map everything automatically.
- it has really great drag and drop functionality from with the mappings/project. it is easy to move main topics, subtopics, tasks, callouts, etc. around, and you can visualize this in real-time.
- At first, when using the Gantt chart within MindManager, I did not know how to close the chart. I was looking for an option to "hide Gantt chart" but there wasn't one. after some investigation, I noticed that you can just click on the Gantt icon to close the window.
- I also did not see much in the way of labels for the bar graphs in the Gantt chart, whereas with something like MS Project, these show up automatically. For example, progress % should also show on the bar graph, and not just in the progress column.
- Really, I have no other cons that I can see since everything is pretty intuitive.
August 07, 2019
A tool to mirror your mind on the screen! Improves efficiency in planning, implementation and monitoring.
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- Transferring ideas and workflows from mind to a visible form
- Adding timelines and resource assignment for tasks and projects
- Converting mindmaps to Gantt charts, Excel sheets, reports etc
- Develop detailed budgets with sophisticated, smart breakups
- Better visualization and sharing options for Gantt Charts
- Better mechanism to populate topics with new Topic Properties (e.g. a new line item that needs to be populated to entire mindmap or entire child chain)
- More convenient options to move Start-End dates
- Simpler integration with Google or Outlook Calendar
- Should have a better presentation mode unlike the one right now that makes it extremely slow and sticky when using big files with photos, videos etc
August 07, 2019
Analyse your way ahead before instead of after
- Allows for "grasshopper" thinking and easy flow thinking capture
- Planning trips to different parts of the company globally permits adaptation to fit each situation at all stages from planning to visit to reporting.
- Works as an excellent database in a format that is easier to use and to trigger memory than working with lists.
- The number of icons and images is well behind the major competitors such as iMindMap and it is falling further and further behind in this area.
- The layout is not as informal as some of the competitors particularly with the layout and thickness of branches.
- Printing of large maps can be difficult and an easier way of providing print options would be very welcome.
August 07, 2019
Best Mind Mapping software
- MindManager allows me to see the big picture while not losing the details.
- MindManager is a great brain storming tool, allowing participation by a group in strategic planning.
- MindManager is a great outlining tool, for writing articles and sermons.
- MindManager could have a more robust and easier to use tablet app
August 07, 2019
Great tool for quickly organizing complex topics
- Super easy keyboard-only entry and navigation.
- Rearrange elements in one click with the "Balance Design" function.
- Export outlines to Word.
- Save to PDF would be nice.
- Show theme preview on mouse hover of available themes.
- Offer a simple UI option for quick 'n dirty brainstorming when all the advanced features are just noise.
- MindManager is the best, most capable software for brainstorming. It's easy to use, and it always looks fantastic.
- It'll easily export to Word, Excel, HTML5, image files, and more, saving the user from countless compatibility headaches.
- MindManager is particularly adept at many tasks associated with project management, flowcharting, timelines, analysis, diagrams, and much more. And it makes all it seem so easy.
- MindManager could really benefit by improving the Gantt charting functionality. These should be in their own category and usable on their own.
- I'd love to see MindManager be able to directly export to EPS, SVG, and actually directly to a CorelDRAW (.cdr) file.
- I'd love to have the ADDIE development framework, as well as other instructional design frameworks, added directly.
July 31, 2019
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- MindManager is great for brainstorming as people can add to other ideas.
- Great for root cause analysis.
- Transfer to the excel does not work as well as it could as it has to be manipulated before it can be sent out.
- MindManager is not good for detailed Sub Process mapping - I use Visio which is not user-friendly but allows me to subprocess maps to the detail required.
July 29, 2019
Lifesaver
- Strategic Planning
- Process Mapping
- Meeting management
- Tracking tasks and projects
- I need to be able to send information to users that don't have it
July 29, 2019
Manage your Mind as you use MindManager!
- MindManager can be a dynamic tool to highlight your organizations greatest assets.
- The visualization of processes, systems, and plans is a powerful influencer that helped team members catch on and understand our intended message and communicated mission.
- The software is easy to use and very intuitive.
- I'd like to see a custom option where the chart or form can be created and crafted freely without a prescribed format or template.
- I believe there is power in transforming the visual representation into a text format and I love the ability to do that in MindManager. But I feel it lacks in organizing the information in the text format.
- When adding a floating topic, it's glitchy and feels temperamental.
- It is easy to shift points/ideas around and to attached somewhere else. Makes organization easy.
- Functionality is great. You can customize your map to look professional.
- It is intuitive. Using Mindmanager is quick and easy to start. It also has features that allow you to do fancier things as you become more confident with using MindManager.
- Every time I ask, "Can it do this?" and after reading some of the help pages, it can be done. There is definitely more power and flexibility under the surface.
- I can't think of any at this time. There is more functionality I need to explore.
July 27, 2019
MindManager for just about everything!
- Quick, Intuitive tool to get ideas and processes recorded.
- Flexible and can be used for a variety if needs.
- The export to other formats capability makes it very easy to start with MindManager and end-up with a formal text-based document in Word if needed.
- More styles to select from would be nice.
- Export to PowerPoint and Visio is a little cumbersome.
- Shows process steps
- Works well on Macs and Windows
- Brainstorming
- Works well with MS project
- Lack of integration with MS Teams or Slack
- Not very useful for KanBan
- Limited templates compared with other products
- Not easy to share (with exception of cloud) with people who use other products.
July 27, 2019
MindManager: Excellence in creating strategies
- Strategizing
- Process
- Brainstorm
- SWOT
- Online training
- Support (how can I?)
July 26, 2019
Convert a book into MindManager
- Dynamically organize information.
- Help identify strategy gaps.
- Maintaining mind maps in the cloud.
- Improved process mapping.
- Support for Scrum.
July 26, 2019
Feedback on Corel's MindManager Mind Mapping tool
- Network management - document personal connections within a group of people
- Service management - Identification of services offered and their contribution to the whole
- Service Planning - Document existing services as an analysis tool to identify gaps and potential for new services
- None I am aware of. It is a fairly simple tool, in an niche.
July 24, 2019
MindManager is great, it lets my mind do the managing without the software getting in the way.
- The ability to apply it to almost any situation that requires the organization of ideas, concepts and/or facts.
- The ease with which a map can be changed, almost totally if necessary, without the loss of any content.
- The ease with which the tool is implemented to its full conceptual power.
- The ease with which ideas are communicated to others who did not do the map building themselves.
- The potential for collaborative efforts in developing thoughts, plans, etc.
- It is still not easy (possible) to really schedule with MindManager and have a task develop in multiple sub-tasks and then bring these separate lines back to a main task downstream (in time).
- Some of the aesthetic (graphic) improvements to a specific map are sometimes difficult to find and somewhat limited.
- It would be nice to add graphics in the 'notes' field for a particular entry.
July 24, 2019
Amazing business improvement tool!
- It is so easy to use to quickly capture and arrange information.
- It does a good job representing lots of ideas and concepts so people can see and understand them.
- It exports the information into others tools well when needed.
- Past editions have had a few challenges in how the information is formatted when exported, but that continues to improve.
- MindManager is not an application closed upon itself. A file can be easily exported in a variety of format, including graphic, PDF, or Word. There are comparable products out there, but the output versatility is what is the most attractive aspect of this application.
- It is also easy to create visually appealing file using pictures and icons as you brainstorm.
- The application also presents ideas in a way that looks polished and professional.
- I found that my current paid version has now expired. An update license key was sent to me, but it did not work. I am still waiting for the problem to be resolved after writing to the software license department.
- Try to make an LTI tool to allow users to use it within another system.
- Have a cloud-based server option for users to use it with multiple computers or devices.
- Add an iPad app version.
July 24, 2019
Easy to use and corral your thinking!
- I love being able to click things open and closed to change my view easily.
- When I found the feature to assign resources, I used it to assign my staff to particular goals.
- Printing is very easy.
- I did want to have a bunch of things coming in from the left to our mission in the center and then things going out from the right and was not able to find a template for this.
July 19, 2019
MindManager for L&D Teams
- Ability to share, version control, and check in/out MindMaps among team members through SharePoint.
- Ability to drag and drop topics/sub-topics to re-arrange them.
- Ability to see the big picture and drill down into the details.
- Ability to schedule and prioritize tasks.
- Slow response time and 'hanging' when opening maps stored in SharePoint.
July 12, 2019
MindManager for Brainstorming
- Structured approach to recording brain storming sessions due to ability to have multiple paths on the map.
- Easily able to get complex situations mapped onto a single page.
- Allows activities to be dragged and dropped to different sections of the map.
- Good visual approach to knowledge management.
- Formatting options could be improved.
- More templates would be useful.
July 11, 2019
MindManager makes me look good!
- I love the ability to filter a map based on various attributes. It makes it much easier to distill or prioritize information especially as the maps get more complex.
- Being able to turn a map into a Gantt chart and/or an outline depending on the situation and the audience really prevents a lot of unnecessary effort in reformatting all the time you have put into a map.
- Love the newer ability to share a link to a web browser interactive map with people who do not use MindManager. Makes it much easier to convey the intent you had when creating the map (expand/collapse, etc.) to someone who doesn't have full access to the features of MindManager.
- Over the 9+ years that I have been using MindManager, the application has added all functionality that I have longed for. My biggest one was having to use Microsoft Visio whenever I needed to create a flowchart. Now flowcharts are included as a map type, so I'm good.
July 11, 2019
MindManager for Managing an Academic Laboratory
- Very easy way to setup a visual "Dashboard" for weekly activities. Much more flexible, interactive and interesting than a simple to-do list
- Great way to organize collaborations with topics for each project goal and individual tasks.
- Great way to generate outlines for papers and grants. Each topic can be a specific section and subtopics are piece of information that need to be put there. Then it's easy to rearrange until the structure and flow of the paper is set. From there the actual writing is much easier
- I would like to be able to readily select groups of topics and apply formatting e.g. circle three topics and have them collectively outlined or colored
- Would be nice to have a small collection of the icons that I use most frequently in a group on the top bar so I can easily drag and drop
- Its a bit cumbersome to generate custom formats
- I've had trouble configuring this latest version to attach emails from Outlook which was a really useful feature for my dashboard