Re: MindManager a project manager?

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me@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
"davegb" <davegb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The technique of mind mapping can be very useful in Project Management.
I've used it for years. I don't particularly like any of the software
for mind mapping. I find it works much better for me when I do it
freehand. Just my preference.
In any case, mind mapping is nothing at all like MS Project, which is a
very linear type of approach to simulate primarily the timing aspects
of the project. Of course, other aspects, like costs, can be worked in.
But it's not at all like mind mapping.
I should add that "Project Management" software is a misnomer. To my
knowledge, there is no software extant that does all the Project
Management entails. In this sense, mind mapping is probably closer to
being PM software than Project is. You can use mind mapping as a tool
to oversee the entire project, including aspects that scheduling
software, like Project, can't do. Still, if I had to choose between the
two to manage a project, I'd take Project. I like the specific
information it gives me, and I can handle the rest without mind mapping
if I had to.
Hope this helps in your world.

Yes this does help

I'm very new to all this so bear with me. <G>

Tell me...can these "tools" be used in my personal life
as well as career?

I've been thinking abt buying MindManger and Project
Kickstart as well

Both these tools can be used in your personal life. Project for doing
projects, MindManager for organizing and figuring out the relationships
between different aspects of your life. You should know that using
Project effectively requires at least a basic knowledge of Critical
Path Method scheduling. You can learn it in a few hours.
I'd also recommend that you look at "TheBrain" software before you buy
MindManager. It's not true mind-mapping software, but it is excellent
at organizing systems with complex relationships. If you're strictly
interested in the various icons, arrow, etc that mind-mapping entails,
it's not for you. But I think it makes better use of a computer's
capabilities than other similar software. It's at
http://www.thebrain.com/.
Best of luck!

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