For the past couple of years I have been following the mind mapping space and have watched it to evolve from a brainstorming tool to one that is becoming more closely aligned in the area of project planning and management. Over the years most of the mind mapping applications have either included project planning as an integral part of the application or have relied on third party developers to develop add-ins to the mind mapping software to bring project management features and functionality. Additionally, there are a number of software developers like AEC FastTrack 9 and Experience in Software-Project KickStart 5 who have made it very easy to move tasks and resources from mind mapping software to their standalone applications. I was interested in learning how you are using your mind mapping software for project planning and management and have put together this short poll. My colleague Wallace Tait and I are in the process of lining up some potential interviews for our podcasts and thought that your feedback would be helpful.
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2 comments:
I support the basic premise and intention of your poll, however it didn't seem to cover the add-on products which you refer to in your blog, like JCVGantt.
I think that the category the MM-JCV add-on relationship represents is different to both those mindmapping programs which contain fully integrated project managers as well as those which only allow you to export to project software.
Also, some of us would like it both ways - an option to use simple, fully-incorporated project management features within mindmapping software(like the roll-up facility in MM for small projects) and separate, more sophisticated project software for more complex projects.
I think its important to note that not only has mindmapping software evolved to incorporate project features, but also that more people want to start off using these programs to brainstorm ideas for new projects and then continue to use the same software, as much as possible, for subsequent project development and management.
Finally, I would also like to respectfully suggest that your "agree/disagree" questions incorporate a "don't know" option in future, as this was my response to some of them.
Thanks
Alex
Hi Alex:
Thanks for your thoughtful comment it is appreciated. I am looking forward to seeing the results and will report back once I have a number of respondents.
Thanks
Brian
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