Using MindManager for New Product Development in the Enterprise.
August 11, 2024

Using MindManager for New Product Development in the Enterprise.

Hisham Hasan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • MindManager Professional

Overall Satisfaction with MindManager

We use MindManager as a brainstorming tool for new product and program development during town halls and within subject-matter-specific teams in the organization.

Pros

  • Brainstorming
  • Project Management.
  • Collaboration

Cons

  • Formatting - it is not easy or user friendly to format tables and to run reports.
  • User-friendly ways to organize ideas - more non visual formats would be nice.
  • Tutorials and training could be more user friendly the learning curve is steep.
  • Enhanced collaboration across cross functional team.
  • Enabled accessibility of information across cross disciplinary teams.
  • Allowed open ended product development exercises saving time and cost to market.
  • Strategic Planning
  • Brainstorming
  • Process Mapping
  • Enterprise Collaboration
  • Knowledge Management
MindManager has allowed us to pinpoint value propositions across multiple functional areas through visually amalgamating processes, data, and document flows. It has also allowed us to develop methodologies for software development at an early age before well-defined project objectives are reached from a user journey perspective.
MindManager has more options, and Xmind is more minimalistic. MindManager allows us a greater range of functionality.

Do you think MindManager delivers good value for the price?

Yes

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

MindManager is well suited for early drawing board exercises for new product development scenarios. It allows collaboration to remain open-ended yet organized. However, it is less relevant for more advanced projects, which require more well-defined ways of organizing ideas.

MindManager Feature Ratings

Cross-Platform Compatibility
8
Customizable Templates
7
Import and Export Options
8
Real-time Collaboration Tools
8
Drag-and-Drop Capabilities
8
Notes and Attachments
7
Color and Style Customization
6
Presentation Mode
6
Integration with Task Management
6
Mind Map Revision History
8

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