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Mind Mapping for Efficient Project Management
Dr. Andrew Makar is an IT program manager and is the author of the Microsoft Project Made Easy series. For more project management advice, visit the website TacticalProjectManagement.com.
For the past several years, I’ve been using mind maps as a project management tool to facilitate meetings, document project scope, identify risk and even find my next job. Mind mapping is an effective tool that will help any project manager save time and improve communication with their team members in an effective and creative way. A mind map is a graphical network diagram consisting of nodes, branches, colors and icons used to help convey an idea.
Figure 1: Mind Map Example
Team members often communicate with drawings and figures to communicate a message in an effective and simple manner. Mind maps are a great way to incorporate these principles. Since we often hear words and translate them into pictures in our mind, mind mapping is an enabler to improve communication and comprehension.
Mind maps can be built using a variety of high-tech, low-tech and even “free-tech” options. In this series of articles, I’ll demonstrate several applications using mind mapping tools for better project management efficiency and effectiveness. In this article, there are several links to a variety of free templates that you can use immediately use to get started with mind maps.
The challenge with managing project management processes is balancing process implementation with administrative documentation. …
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