Category Archives: Project Management

Setting up alternative checklists in MindManager

MindManager’s dedicated set of progress symbols provides a versatile tool for measuring how a task is proceeding. The default quartile progress levels (0, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%) can be supplemented by including additional markers for 10%, 35%, 65% and … Continue reading

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Logic, time and money: more MindManager formula surprises (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this series, I looked at Time Value of Money (TVM) and exponentiation in MindManager (MM) formulas. While the potential of exponentiation in MM formulas is easy to overlook, at least this featire is referenced in the … Continue reading

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Search all files in MindManager – with a little help from Windows

A recent question on the MindManager (MM) forum got me thinking about MindManager’s search capabilities. These are reasonably comprehensive when it comes to searching MM’s own files, with the ability to search topic text, notes, properties and a variety of … Continue reading

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COVID-19 and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)

As most readers would be aware I normally use this blog to write about aspects of MindManager (MM) software such as key features of the latest version, or to explore how you can use these features in unusual ways to … Continue reading

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MindManager Integrations 3: the logic revolution

In the third article in the MindManager integrations series I’ll explore how SmartRules can revolutionise the use of the program through the introduction of functions based on Boolean logic.  Beefing up MM’s formula facility to include logic statements, most importantly … Continue reading

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MindManager Integrations 2: Doing more with SmartRules and Formulas

Introduction This is the second in a series looking at the ways in which new and old features in MindManager 2019 can be combined to produce innovative and exciting ways to manage and present material in mind maps.  The first … Continue reading

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Sociamind MindManager Article Map Updated

The mind map of MindManager posts on the Sociamind blog has been updated and revamped to make it easier to find articles. Click on this link, the map below or the MindManager Articles item on the blog menu to go … Continue reading

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Explore MindManager Articles in new Sociamind Map

Almost all MindManager-related posts on Sociamind since early 2014 have been incorporated into a new map, available via the Sociamind menu or here. The new map also demonstrates the Publish feature which has been further enhanced  with the release of … Continue reading

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

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

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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