Author Archives: Alex

Getting On Track with MindManager 2018 – part 2: tracking in sub-project roll-ups

Posted on 10 January, 2018 by Alex

Like my previous post on how to show the degree that tasks in a MindManager project map are “On Track”, this article was prompted by a query on the MindManager Community Forum. In this case the question was whether it … Continue reading →

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Getting On Track with MindManager 2018 – updated

Posted on 22 December, 2017 by Alex

Update: since posting  the first version of this article I discovered that the MAP add-in Extended Properties feature which this approach relies on counts task days differently to MindManager. I’ve developed a workaround which is incorporated into this updated version. … Continue reading →

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Corel and MindManager 2018 – adding the new, transforming the old (part 2)

Posted on 1 December, 2017 by Alex

In this series I’m exploring some of the new features as well as a few improvements to older ones in the recently-released MindManager 2018. In the first part I looked at improvements to a recently-introduced feature, Map Roll-ups, as well … Continue reading →

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Corel and MindManager 2018 – adding the new, transforming the old (part 1)

Posted on 2 November, 2017 by Alex

While the specific impacts of Corel’s new leadership on the evolution of MindManager since it purchased the program in August 2016 are hard for an outsider to quantify, they seem to have been considerable. The process of change started with … Continue reading →

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“Mind map your way to a successful strategic planning day” series completed

Posted on 21 September, 2017 by Alex

The final part in my series on how organisations can use mind mapping to support their planning activities, Mind map your way to a successful strategic planning day, has just been posted on the Mindmapping Software blog. I’d like to thank Chuck Frey for … Continue reading →

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MindManager 2017’s new features in action – 3: researching with reusable tags (part 2)

Posted on 20 July, 2017 by Alex

In the first part of this two-part series I discussed the use of MindManager as a research tool and specifically the benefits provided by the addition of reusable text tags in analysing interview and survey data. I also provided two … Continue reading →

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MindManager 2017’s new features in action – 3: researching with reusable tags (part 1)

Posted on 18 July, 2017 by Alex

One of the lesser-known features added in MindManager (MM) 2017 is the ability to reuse the same tags in different tag groups. As the MM 2017 help file notes: Earlier versions of MindManager limited tags to be unique across all … Continue reading →

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Check out the Mindmapping software blog for my series on mind mapping and strategic planning

Posted on 30 March, 2017 by Alex

With the kind cooperation of Chuck Frey I have started a series of articles titled Mind map your way to a successful strategic planning day on the Mindmapping Software blog. These posts commence by explaining the advantages that mind mapping has … Continue reading →

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New tricks with MindManager HTML 5 exports and dashboard maps

Posted on 17 February, 2017 by Alex

In the first couple of posts in my series on MindManager 2017’s new features I looked at HTML 5 export and dashboard maps. I’m going to look at a couple more new features shortly, but first I wanted to add … Continue reading →

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Addendum to the dashboard maps post – a dashboard map example

Posted on 19 January, 2017 by Alex

I have received some very positive responses to my previous post on the new dashboard map facility in the latest update release of MindManager, version 2017.1, including a request that I make available the map I used to demonstrate how to set up … Continue reading →

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