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Fantastic product for gathering, organising, updating and presenting information.
September 12, 2023

Fantastic product for gathering, organising, updating and presenting information.

Peter Ives | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • MindManager Professional

Overall Satisfaction with MindManager

I have used Mindmanager for a variety of uses over the last 20+ years including developing a Sales Strategy, adherence to Solutions Selling Processes, Project Management Gant Charts, developing international conference presentations, Documentation outlines, Developing Course Outlines and Training materials, defining Tender Response Strategies, Developing Operational Workflows for complex Border Clearance Solutions, Detailing guidelines for Biometric Consulting projects and Security Risk Management and finally developing timelines for material presented to win court cases.
  • It allows for brainstorming and the easy capture of ideas.
  • It allows for great visual presentation of material allowing you to dig down to whatever level of detail is required for that particular audience.
  • It provides an easy graphical tool for re-arranging ideas to make a logical sequence.
  • Mindmanager has many existing templates that help you document information in the most appropriate manner for the use case.
  • Mindmanager allows you to link to images, documents, and even hypertext links to make sure your mind map stays up to date.
  • I have previously had to purchase multiple licences to just be able to use Mindmanager across different platforms such as Mac OS and Windows with the different versions not always supporting the same level of functionality.
  • If you used Mindmanager on different platforms the links to document attachments were broken.
  • It has allowed much better organisation of information.
  • It has certainly been used to improve the quality of the Professional Consulting services and as an invaluable tool in Security Risk Management.
  • Strategic Planning
  • Brainstorming
  • Process Mapping
  • Education & Training
  • Knowledge Management
  • Meeting Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Task and Project Management
  • Project Planning
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Because you can insert attachments and hyperlinks into the mindmaps you can have a multi-media document with images, text from other documents and even webpage links. Because you can link one mindmap to many other mindmaps it is very easy to have an overview document that then links to deep dives into the details in other mindmaps while all the time keeping each one up to date with changes in the other mindmap.
One use I hadn't expected was with a timeline template that proved invaluable in winning a court case because the timeline was clear, logical and detailed with all the supporting documentation.
I have also used other tools that are more icon or symbol like in their presentation, but they don't seem as professional as Mindmanager.

Do you think MindManager delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with MindManager's feature set?

Yes

Did MindManager live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of MindManager go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy MindManager again?

Yes

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued), Adobe Acrobat, Parallels Desktop
I have found it a great tool for presenting information visually, which I find an extremely useful format to stay organised. I have also found Mindmanager over the years to be extremely versatile with the templates available to use it for many varied disciplines from international sales to project management, to teaching and consulting. I have also been able to develop some of my own templates including one used to overlay the Solution Selling process onto a Mindmap and then incorporate all the traditional Opportunity Management documents that need to be updated to keep track of the sales progress.
It has been a bit of a challenge when you want to use Mindmanager across multiple operating systems as the versions that ran on the MAC O/S didn't have the same functionality as did the Windows version.