Item: MindManager
Rating: 10
Author: Koustubh Sharma

Overall Satisfaction with MindManager

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[MindManager is being used for] Planning, management and monitoring of projects, research ideas, manuscripts, developing strategies and describing workflows.

Common Applications for MindManager

Strategic Planning
Brainstorming
Process Mapping
Education & Training
Knowledge Management
Meeting Management
Problem Solving
Task and Project Management
Project Planning

Pros and Cons

Pros

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

Cons

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

Return on Investment

Save time
Improved planning and monitoring processes across organization
One stop app for several visualizations required in project reports, proposals and publications

Information Visualization Benefits

At least in my team, we always conceptualize, brainstorm and discuss project planning, monitoring and budgeting in MindManager. Makes it convenient and easy to visualize. Even when drafting MoUs and joint publications, MindManager allows collaborations during meetings. One missing feature though is that of easy collaboration using cloud computing unless that is a feature which is hidden or out of sight.

Alternatives Considered

Richness of features and convenient navigation/editing

Likelihood to Recommend

Very useful tool to develop a new project from the scratch; taking notes during a meeting; plan event management; planning and monitoring etc.

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A tool to mirror your mind on the screen! Improves efficiency in planning, implementation and monitoring.