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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.
MindManager Features
Mind Mapping Features
- Supported: Cross-Platform Compatibility
- Supported: Customizable Templates
- Supported: Import and Export Options
- Supported: Real-time Collaboration Tools
- Supported: Drag-and-Drop Capabilities
- Supported: Notes and Attachments
- Supported: Color and Style Customization
- Supported: Presentation Mode
- Supported: Integration with Task Management
- Supported: Mind Map Revision History
Additional Features
- Supported: Excel Data Mapper
- Supported: Dynamic Views: Gantt, Kanban, Schedule view, icon view, tag view, map view
- Supported: Project cost tracking
- Supported: Jira integration
- Supported: SmartRules and formulas
- Supported: Microsoft Teams Integration
- Supported: Content control
- Supported: MindManager Snap
- Supported: Map Roll ups
- Supported: sync with online storage
- Supported: sticky notes
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MindManager Integrations
- Jira Software
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
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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.
Reviewers rate Vendor pre-sale and Vendor post-sale highest, with a score of 9.1.
The most common users of MindManager are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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January 26, 2021
MindManager will keep you focused, organized, and save you time.
- Helps you to focus.
- Good for time management.
- Easy to visualize progress, awesome selection of diagram, charts, etc.
- Training is required to get the most of the program.
- Most of the functionality that I need to accomplish my goal was given.
- More example of the use of the program for education will be helpful.
January 06, 2021
One of the best tools for running a business!
- Brainstorming: Best tools for organizing ideas.
- Business Plan/Strategic Plan development: Develop a full document by dropping in content.
- Meeting Management: Great for capturing thoughts and tasks.
- Product Development: Tasks, milestones, and ideas all in one map.
- Could be improved with templates for things like proposals.
- Direct integration into tasks on Outlook.
December 28, 2020
Why you might try MindManger
- Cost effective
- Works well
- Intuitive
- Cost in some scenarios can add up.
- Fast support can sometimes be a negative experience.
- Updates sometimes create new issues.
December 13, 2020
Creates clarity out of chaos
- Structuring problem symptoms into actionable groups
- Gaining messaging clarity
- Taking notes on the fly
- Please turn off the spam asking me to upgrade once a week. This is very irritating and I love this product
December 02, 2020
MindManager - The "Gold Standard of MindMapping"
- Visualization - You must 'see it' to 'understand it'.
- Organization - the ability to expand and contract tree branches is extremely important. You just want to show only the data that is relevant.
- Sorting and Filtering - Being able to sort and filter content prevents 'information overload'.
- Better integration with Microsoft Teams.
- Having the ability to import your entire 'File Explorer' in Microsoft Windows so you can better visualize and organize your files.
December 02, 2020
Awesome tool for visually displaying complex problems and data points simply and easily digestable by others.
- SWOT analysis.
- Gap analysis.
- Customer retention strategy analysis.
- Make it easier to cut and paste items from one branch to another.
- Make it easier to reformat many branches simultaneously.
- Easier to send out versions that people can with edit or make up.
- Increase the flexibility of the Org Charts.
- Embedded files.
- Flow chart.
- Time Lines and Gantt Chart.
- Process mapping.
- The many bells and whistles in the note function are not intuitive enough to be used easily.
- The color choices for concept are not as designer friendly as they could be.
- Adding images to the background and maneuvering the whole mind map is a bit clunky.
November 10, 2020
Quite reliable and affordable for complicated project planning
- Works great across Windows and Mac OSs.
- Visually appealing and user friendly.
- Several great features for project planning and visualizations.
- While the visuals are engaging, some of the graphics can feel overwhelming. Simplification of project maps would be great.
- Continue update support on Macs more regularly.
November 05, 2020
Review on MindManager
- As a suppository of ideas
- Move information from one theme to another very easily
- Getting organized
- I liked it when it was more interactive (online). For me, it is difficult to collaborate with others with MindManager (who have never used it before)
October 31, 2020
Organizing the Chaos of my Mind
- Easy to manage and use links to pertinent files (Google Drive worksheets, Gantt Charts, Process & Procedure Documentation, Contact Logs, etc.)
- Visual clarity of viable candidate status
- Simple filtering based on a variety of inputs (Team Member, Partner Status, Check List Items completed, etc.)
- Not experiencing any shortcomings at this time
- I would like to set up a shortcut to invoke a power filter and/or a macro--not sure how
October 21, 2020
My Integrated Management Environment
- Excellent big picture overview with easy expansion and contraction of map
- Detailed drill-down capability into separate line-items and notes
- Publishing capability to share MindManager with other connected or interested parties
- Convenient and easy to use hyperlink capability that can be launched within MindManager or in a separate window
- Ability to link to and launch another MindManager from within current one
- Excellent integration with Outlook
- Drag and drop within the map sometimes is tricky, making placement, or rearrangement of items frustrating. Maybe a "snap to" type feature could help.
- Photoshop integration would be great. Specifically, adding a quick insert button to add a Photoshop image and/or a video.
- Microsoft Project integration would be very helpful.
September 30, 2020
The best brainstorming tool you'll ever find
- MindManager can help you put thought to screen much quicker than you ever thought possible. Others can view these ideas in a way that makes sense to others who aren't in your head.
- Mind Manager's ability for complex topic mapping (utilizing icons, tags, embedding files) is extremely robust and useful.
- The program gets out of the way of the having formatting take up precious time in brainstorming and gives you visually aesthetic diagrams that will be the envy of your colleagues.
- The integration with Outlook could be improved. This is the least intuitive feature in my opinion but the has the most potential.
- The SharePoint integration is not as clear to utilize as I'd hoped.
September 30, 2020
TOP-NOTCH efficiency and clarity
- Fast collection of info - allows quick grouping of info without having to scroll.
- Exports to MS Word - saves huge amounts of time by exporting to document for clean up.
- Can be shared with non-license holders - allows sharing with all participants without worrying about license issues.
- Options of map organization - would like to be able to lock in locations of items in the map, i.e. always show this item above that item.
- Standard formats for certain levels, i.e. make all first-level items of a certain font size.
September 30, 2020
Happy
- Tracks daily task and achievements.
- I use it for objectives and key results.
- I use it to prepare myself and others for more productive meetings.
- I use it for historical records of what occurred in projects and meetings.
- I used to use a program called MacProject which is no longer supported by Mac. It automatically changed the dates in the progress of project planning when you made adjustments to a scheduled.
September 25, 2020
If your brain doesn't think in list format, MindManager might just change your life like it did mine.
- Integration with Office is very strong and growing since 2002.
- Mobile experience is improving.
- Cloud Storage options are adequate.
- Richer mobile experience would be appreciated.
- Mobile sync capabilities could be better.
September 25, 2020
Mindmanager, Project Management made easy!
- It makes organizing projects a cinch.
- It is great at keeping track of who is doing what.
- It really helps as far as keeping deadlines.
- It did take some getting used to.
September 25, 2020
My MindManager Review
- Allowing free-form creative thinking
- Not worrying about formatting information as that is taken care of automatically
- The task and project management aspects
- Multiple users working on one document collaboratively (like Google Docs)
- Removing the reliance on Internet Explorer for publishing features
September 20, 2020
A program that will be come one of your most unlikely friends
- For big projects, making sure we see all the ramifications of the timeline.
- When we break down a paper/book, this allows us to outline all the chapters and sub-sections.
- This is a better way to get a talk outline for a 50 min talk onto one page.
- The integration with Powerpoint is still a bit clunky.
- The maps work great - the other diagrams I find much less intuitive.
- A bit more graphic flexibility with maps would be nice
September 20, 2020
MindManager/MindJet Enthusiast!
- Brainstorming and solutioning (especially "in the moment" during meetings).
- Capturing processes or workflows, especially with complex relationships.
- Creating decision trees for key decisions.
- Capturing configuration/solution decisions.
- Conversion of process maps to Visio.
- Ability to allow non-licensed users to contribute to a 'published' map.
- Ability to set your own shortcuts (my new laptop lacks an "insert" key so I can no longer use that shortcut).
- Plug-ins for Google Drive/Microsoft Office, etc
September 17, 2020
Great tool to visualize your information
- Easy to use/User friendly
- Aesthetically pleasing layout looks like it was built in this century.
- Easy to share with colleagues
- I haven't noticed anything yet.
- Familiar user interface made with Microsoft style sheets
- Native support for cloud and local storage options
- Provides pre-built templates to help users get started
- Easily accessible help resources
- No support for team-based project files. Multiple people can only edit simultaneously during pre-scheduled meetings.
- A project file can be opened by 2 users at the same time, but when they try to save, a conflict is generated and the project file is duplicated with unmergeable changes.
- Published projects should have some kind of queue on save to ask the owner if they want to also update their changes on the published version.
August 24, 2020
MindManager - Great tool to manage your business processes
- I like the look and feel of the graphics provided by MindManager, especially compared to Visio.
- The list of templates provides a very good set of accelerators to get a user started quickly.
- Easy to use, intuitive user interface, without unnecessary gadgets and frills
- Integration with MS Office products other than Word would help.
- Ability to export process flows to Visio format, since many corporations use MS products and I would like to avoid having to recreate process flows.
- More icons would be also beneficial.
- An online library where a user can search for images, icons, etc. would also help.
August 17, 2019
Excellent and Useful Software
- Concept mapping for book chapters, lecture outlines, PowerPoint Slides
- To-Do Lists
- Modified flow-charting
- The older versions of MindManager had simpler construction of maps than the current version.
August 16, 2019
Start using MindManager, it will make sense of your business
- Enter once, use many: Map roll-up feature gives many options to analyze inputs.
- Gantt Pro feature gives just the right amount of detail to track progress without having to use the awful MS Project.
- Ability to format in native maps (blue) and flowcharts (green) has added to the utility greatly. Supporting material can be added or linked easily (though SP environment best to ensure link continuity)
- It's simple to use: no more difficult than PowerPoint.
- As maps get big, it gets very slow. Often a result of updating links or feeder maps. Improve processing engine— make it multi-core?
- Ability to electronically sign and control maps would be good. Passwords ok, need sigs.
- Multiple screen use has some anomalies like tooltips appearing on the next screen.
- Flowchart variants (green boxes) need to have version update and revision number capability as base maps (blue) have.
August 13, 2019
MindManager - the center of my digital life
- I am lazy (and ADD) - I don't like to re-enter tasks, concepts or plans. By using MM I am able to capture my ideas and plans on the fly - and then return at a later date to refine, focus and organize my thoughts into a more coherent logical "item"... all without being forced to retype any of my original thoughts unless I care to.
- I use the sort and filter features extensively to 1) Set importance (Must do, important to do, should do, etc) and 2) When (Today, soon, this week, this month). I also use the color coding of items to draw my attention. I also set key project names/categories for each item (no more than 7).
- The sort and filter then let me quickly identify the items that I must focus on "now" - a "shortlist".
- In my consulting days, and now with the several non-profit boards that I work with, I use a modified "PowerPoint" version of MM to get my ideas across and to "brainstorm" with my audience (action items, strategies, priorities).
- For my literary non-fiction writing, I use MM to cast "islands" (random brainstorming), and no less than 3 days later to coalesce these "islands" into "continents", and then to drag the continents into the "proper" order. For my freelance newspaper work, the process is similar - but the organization changes to identifying and featuring the lede.
- My current "ToDo" file is about 3 MB. I would like to be able to trust that when I send a large "chunk" of work to a linked map that I will not lose that link with LOTS of notification. The loss of the link is my problem (constantly moving large blocks) - but for whatever reason, I'm not being warned enough that I am breaking the link and therefore potentially losing the connection of the thoughts.
- Nested filtering - that is filtering and fine-tuning and already filtered list does not always work for me. Sometimes it filters only the filtered items, other times, it filters and presents the entire list. With the size of my file- this is a bit of a pain.
- It would be great to be able to "catch" thoughts, issues, to-do's and brainstorms on the fly - e.g. on my smartphone. I have tried a number of the MM smartphone apps to complete disappointment.