Item: MindManager
Rating: 10
Author: Christine Hehre

Overall Satisfaction with MindJet MindManager

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I currently use MindJet for both personal and professional use. At work, its used for taking meeting notes, making agendas, and mapping out websites. Personally, I use MindJet to take notes in class and map out content so I can see the relationship between ideas and concepts in my grad school classes.

MindJet allows me to see all the items relevant to a topic in one screen and map out the solution or organize the content to make sense for the particular application.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Provides an easy way to visualize all relevant aspects of a topic.
Ease of editing and moving "ideas" around.
Great toolbox for noting differences (colors and fonts, icons) and relationships (groups and relationship lines).
Cross-platform compatibility (desktop and tablet/mobile versions) that all work WELL.

Cons

Formatting can get a little "wonky" at times; colors are sometimes hard to apply.
Option for "layered" files (notebooks with each map being a "note") would be nice.
Better process for saving templates based on previous maps.

Return on Investment

Allows me to quickly create sitemaps for websites
Increased productivity in meetings (quickly take notes and make changes)
Export in multiple formats for various application and sharing needs

Alternatives Considered

Atlassian Confluence,Atlassian JIRA,axure,Evernote

MindJet provides a unique solution that is easier to use than other applications for organizing ideas because it provides flexibility for visualizing ideas without an initial top-level or ordered hierarchy and allows information to easily be moved around as the topic evolves and new data gets influenced by existing ideas. Other traditional lists can be confining; MindJet allows the user to think broadly and comprehensively and then hone in a structure.

Likelihood to Recommend

Some applications where it would be well suited include:

Well suited for taking a "data dump" and organizing it more coherently
Shows visual hierarchy well (data that needs to show relationships)
Making notes on a topic quickly that may not follow sequentially (MindJet allows entries to easily be added in any order using a "branched" approach)

Using MindJet MindManager

Users and Roles

1 - I'm the sole user as the owner/creative director of my company. I use mindjet for site maps of websites.

Support Headcount Required

1 - Existing experience using the product.

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