MindManager experience in Apple`s environment
August 26, 2024
MindManager experience in Apple`s environment
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- MindManager Professional
- MindManager for Microsoft Teams
Overall Satisfaction with MindManager
Often described in MindManager questionnaires - use mindmapping since more than 20 years, since 2010 as digital tool. Various uses for investigations, problem solving, documentation, etc. Up to 2020 use MindManager in windows and apple environment, since 2020 concentrated on apple environment only.
Pros
- MindManager has the longest track history. One could rely on a development track including long years requirement. (All is in .....market leader)
- Basic idea of mindmapping (from 80/90ties) is fully developed and can be executed in MindManager.
- A lot of additional functionality has been developed over time and is of comfort for the user
Cons
- While being focussed on Apple since 2020, disadvantages became obvious. The Apple MindManager licence offers around 30 % less functionality than the windows version - cost for licenses are the same. A real disadvantage for Apple users.
- Basic idea of mindmapping is a structured support by a mindmapping procedure to solve problems, find new approaches, understand complex situations, etc. By all the additional functionality in MindManager over the years, it tends to become more powerful but as well more complicated. It needs more and more "system work" of the user to keep pace with the developments. Risk to overload the system or "loss of ease to solve things".
- From my point of view, it it is necessary to adapt the Apple system upwards and overall to integrate an "easy to use mode" in order to support the original brain storming idea as DNA-core function.
- MindManager has improved the use of the brainstorming principles. The impact can be seen as big based on a "single use version". It helps a lot to analyze, understand, improve ... business situations.
- MindManager has been of good use in collaborative activities with selected users (specific project team or similar). It helps a lot cooperate, to inform, to decide, to support ... in business situations.
- MindManager shows risks to loose efficiency in wider topics with higher number of participants. The 70/30-experiences needs to be regarded and managed well.
- Brainstorming
- Knowledge Management
- Meeting Management
- Problem Solving
- Project Planning
More than 500
The flexible order of handling informations, events, decisions - being able to create intermediate consolidations up to summarizing and completing tasks is a great benefit. The MindManager can be used as "single source of truth system" enabling speed, better mutual understanding and "results as expected" if used on a common base.
As starte in 2010 as an "early adopter" a lot of experience with MindManager has been gained over time. MindManager is in use as a "working horse" in my environment. While MindManager has pretty well managed to further develop the technology and to adapt with fast changing IT environment in that years, a kind of "business trust" has been established. Other are doing well as well but the threshold to change has not been reached. Future will show ....
Do you think MindManager delivers good value for the price?
No
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
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