Tired of MS Project? Try Mind Mapping

August 3rd, 2004 by Hal

Example project mind map I'm tired of traditional project management software. For so many projects MS Project, Suretrak, and P3 are overkill. Want something to handle those projects done by a small project team? Try mind mapping. That's right, the memory technique created by Tony Buzan is being used quite successfully for managing projects. Chuck Frey has a short article in Innovation Tools,
How to Use Mind Mapping Software for Project Management. He describes applications and strategies for their use.

The Innovation Tools site includes a Mind Mapping Resource Center where you'll find reviews, articles, and my favorite Mind Mapping in Eight Easy Steps from the Innovation Network. I've been mind mapping for almost 17 years. This 10 minute tutorial is outstanding!

I'm not managing a project with a mind map just yet. I'm playing with ConceptDraw MINDMAP to see how easy it is to use the tools. But whether or not I find software helpful, I will try the approach on a project that I'm starting later this month. I'll let you know how it goes.

Interested in innovation? Chuck Frey also writes the Innovation Tools Weblog. Add it to your feed reader.

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3 Responses to “Tired of MS Project? Try Mind Mapping”

John Says:
August 5th, 2004 at 12:16 pm
Want a free mind mapping tool?

Try FreeMind available at SourceForge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/

Is written in Java so requires the usual Java runtime.

Hope this is useful to someone.

Regards

John
Fabio Caballero Says:
August 6th, 2004 at 9:26 pm
Freemind it’s a very good tool for project management. I used it to maintain project’s information. It works well.

Please post about your experience.
Michael Welles Says:
November 15th, 2005 at 4:22 pm
This looks very interesting. I hate to thrust Microsoft Project on people when they probably do not need to use it for the vast majority of their projects. Oh by the way, this is my first time to the blog and I have already learned something. Not too shabby!

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