Project Planning
With Mind Maps
MindMeister lets you visually outline your project plans, share them with other stakeholders, and collaborate in real-time. Project planning has never been simpler.
Trusted by Teams Around the World
Hundreds of thousands of businesses from all industries rely on MindMeister to share ideas and develop them into successful projects. Here are just a few of their amazing stories:
IT Enterprise
Bespoke Software Solutions
IT Enterprise use MindMeister and Atlassian tools to provide software solutions which meet 100% of their clients’ requirements.
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Grupo JHR
Project Management
Grupo JHR use MindMeister, MeisterTask and Google Workspace apps to manage projects collaboratively across their four different businesses and offices.
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NewOrbit
Software Product Partner
NewOrbit uses MindMeister and MeisterTask to deliver outstanding Agile software projects.
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As a visual project planning tool, MindMeister comes equipped with a powerful collaboration engine that brings all project stakeholders onto the same page, no matter where they are or which device they’re using
Real-time Collaboration
Invite your project team and key stakeholders to your maps to discuss and develop plans together in real-time. Changes are instantly visible across all devices.
Engaging Presentations
Present your project plans, strategies and reports using MindMeister’s built-in presentation mode. Turning maps into slideshows takes mere seconds.
Export & Embed
Include maps in your project plans by embedding them in your Confluence pages, or exporting them as Word documents, PDFs or text outlines.
Media Attachments
Attach spreadsheets, PDFs, charts, designs, videos and other project relevant files to the topics in your mind map to keep everything at a central place.
Comment and Vote
No need to use a separate chat tool to discuss ideas - collaborators can leave comments directly on the topics in your map, or quickly vote them up or down to give feedback.
Project Management
Define to-dos in your mind maps and then export them directly to MeisterTask, our Kanban-based project manager for teams. Tasks stay synchronized between both tools.
Using Mind Maps for Project Planning
Mind maps come into play at the very beginning of your project, when you need to figure out where you’re going and what needs to be done. But it doesn’t stop there. Here are some of the things MindMeister is best at:
Idea Development
When it comes to ideation, there’s no better way to get your team’s creative juices flowing than to conduct an online brainstorming session. MindMeister fosters a free flow of ideas and helps your team members build onto each others contributions, resulting in more innovative projects.
When it comes to generating ideas and working through creative tasks, mind maps are 30% more efficient than linear documents.
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Research and Analysis
Thorough research is the backbone of every successful project. With MindMeister you easily collect all project-related information in one central space, enabling you to see the big picture as well as the details of the task. Conducting analyses has never been this simple and efficient.
Meeting Management
Ensure every team meeting is engaging and productive by using mind maps for effective meeting management. Create clear agendas, take visual notes and follow up with assigned tasks, all using mind maps.
Whenever we start a project, there are so many meetings, ideas, and conversations that take place – it’s vital that we have a way to organize, group and prioritize them. MindMeister is a great way to visualize our thoughts, ideas and priorities.
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Project Knowledge Management
Knowledge is arguably the most important resource needed for successful project management. With MindMeister, you can create collaborative knowledge maps that are easy to maintain, expand and share with the relevant stakeholders.