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Flying idea
<P>Every project manager knows how many risks, expenses and shadow
aspects are hidden in the transition of an idea to the plan. That is
why every project manager wants:
This transition to be
natural and keep the idea.
This transition to take
minimal time and effort.
To obtain the results
that make it possible to estimate the idea: how feasible it is, what
risks are hidden in this project, what critical areas are present.
To obtain a plan that
is obvious, clear and detailed enough to start working at once.
To obtain a plan that allows analyzing project
implementation and estimating its current status.
<P>Project managers of ApriorIT - Ukrainian software research and
development company - thought about this situation too since IT
projects need more than thorough management.
<P>IT project management requires a lot of work on gathering and
discussing requirements and then turning them into estimations.
Mindjet MindManager® is very good for such brainstorm meetings
with customers to get all requirements specified. Everyone who has
experience in such discussions knows that the preliminary evaluation
of the project must be done fast. Create the initial estimates and
quotation, prioritize tasks according to estimates, plan iterative
approach - the best is to make everything of that during the same
meeting.
<P>An aspiration to improve the process of project management the
specialists of Apriorit created flexible, easy-to-use and powerful
tool for work ? Mind2Chart add-in for Mindjet MindManager®.
Strong solution
<P>Mind2Chart will turn discussion topics into tasks for plans with
just a couple of clicks. This add-in will display them in the most
popular way of graphical representation of projects ? as Gantt
chart.
<P>Mind2Chart add-in allows to:
Observe the
whole scope of work in the project or a selected part of
it.
Set key dates of the
project, schedule tasks.
Set dependencies
between tasks, automatically modify plans according to
them.
Allocate and manage all
kinds of resources (e.g. human resources) for the
project tasks, take into account resource limitations
when planning.
Detect problem
tasks, ?bottle-necks? of the
project, critical path.
Obtain reports
about current status of tasks and resource allocation in the
ready-to-print form.
Estimate current project status
and obtain information about project progress.
<P>Benefits of Mind2Chart:
Complete
integration in MindManager Pro 7®, no external
applications required.
Intuitive
interface, all common project management tasks are covered
with no redundant extra functionality.
No additional
information, Mind2Chart add-in operates only with
information that is visible and editable within MindManager®
interface. Other members of project team can work with the plan even
without the add-in installed.
Two-way instant synchronization with
the mind map.
<P>Such details as automatic time calculation, automatic taking into
account task relationships and resource capacity, and also elements
of analysis, representation of all obtained information on the chart,
printable reports ? everything that makes the planning process
as easy and clear as never before.
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