Review: With Mindjet MindManager Pro, Say Goodbye To Your Whiteboard
by Russell Shaw
From Mindjet, Inc.; free for 21 days, $349.00 to purchase
Summary: A step-by-step project manager for any size business
Requirements: Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista
Whether you are manager of a corporate department or a small and growing private professional practice, your decision-making workflow probably doesn’t flow all that differently.
I’m anticipating that you identify goals, research and obtain information that will facilitate these goals, organize this information into actionable items, and then communicate these items to your colleagues, staff and business partners.
Mindjet MindManager Pro is a tool that will help you track, and actually map, this data.
With interfaces that don’t look all that different than the multi-function office suite software you probably already are using, Mindjet MindManager Pro is more than just a project manager or scheduler. It comes with map templates, multi-map view options, filtering tools and product alerts that do more than just chart project-related thinking and planning. It helps you along with the actual processes that product management entails.
In that vein, the real utility of this product is its ability to guide you through project management creation slides in a step by step manner. No more whiteboards!
Topics and sub-topic tree structure and navigation is a given, as well as integration with PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel and Word.
MindManager Pro 7 is the newest version of this software. It offers a free, 21-day trial period but costs a one-time $349 fee after that. I predict you will be so hooked, you won’t want to go back to your whiteboard, and will easily find a way to justify the modest expenditure.
