These are some excellent ideas on using mind map to declutter the busy minds of project managers. But there is only one big problem from my experience. As mind maps are often unstructured in the overall context, I find it hard to re-read my own my maps. For example, when I created my doddle, I was in a particular state of mind. This may be an inspired state of something exciting or new. But that context is often forgotten or at least not as clear a few days later. Thus, able to note the context is important. My recommendation is simple. Take a few minutes and write it down – shorthand, bullets, or more doodling.
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Rob Marvin for PCMag.com writes: Project management deals in organized chaos. Project managers are often tasked with coordinating multiple teams, keeping track of workflows, and making sure all of the moving parts are communicating and collaborating on delivering the finished product that both the business executives and the clients expect.
At the same time, project managers are expected to come up with creative solutions to solve complex problems—all the while coming in under budget. For a project manager sporting a normal human brain without an eidetic memory and perfect recall, using a mind map is a great way to make sense of this flurry of information.
Using real-time online project management software is still the best way to keep track of all of the moving parts, but using a mind map is about letting the project manager diagram the core idea of a project. He or she can do this in order to really think about the most efficient way to complete a project rather than simply facilitating it along a traditional path.
What is a Mind Map?
A mind map is a visual means of organizing information, typically through a Web-like diagram. They are far from being a new concept. You probably drew them a lot in elementary school with colored paper and crayons, and the core concept hasn’t changed. What you’re doing is breaking down a subject or an idea for yourself in a way that only you know how. Mind maps begin with a main concept or idea in the center and work their way outward from there. You can use a combination of words, colors, images, and symbols and connect them by lines and arrows of different colors according to however your brain decides to lay it out. There’s no universal mind map template. SNIP, the article continues @ PC Mag, click here to continue reading….