Conspire: A Mindjet Publication » Project Mgmt http://blog.mindjet.com Quick, intelligent, witty, discreet--We confess. We’re leading a global conspiracy to promote better ideas through better collaboration. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:58:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Design Thinking: Fight Complexity and Failure http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/12/design-thinking-fight-complexity-and-failure http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/12/design-thinking-fight-complexity-and-failure#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:16:53 +0000 Troy Larson http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=6546 Projects fail all the time, usually resulting in one department blaming another, who then ends up blaming a vendor, who then usually blames the software. After the dust from the blame game settles, everyone goes back to work on a [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/12/design-thinking-fight-complexity-and-failure/feed 4 Use Case: Connecting Internal and External Project Teams http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/02/use-case-connecting-internal-and-external-project-teams http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/02/use-case-connecting-internal-and-external-project-teams#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:49:58 +0000 Ryan Rudnitsky http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=3857 Communication among project stakeholders is vital to project success.   Participants need frequent communication to help everyone stay on task, understand next steps, and anticipate issues. As we all know, however, maintaining frequent communication is difficult enough for internal teams – [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/02/use-case-connecting-internal-and-external-project-teams/feed 0 Use Case: Optimizing Project Management with MindManager & Catalyst http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/01/use-case-optimizing-project-management-with-mindmanager-catalyst http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/01/use-case-optimizing-project-management-with-mindmanager-catalyst#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:47:49 +0000 Ryan Rudnitsky http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=3785 The basic fundamental role of Projects Managers would develop a project plan, assign tasks accordingly, and manage the project as a whole. In an ideal world, the team would accept their assigned tasks with open arms eager to complete them [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/01/use-case-optimizing-project-management-with-mindmanager-catalyst/feed 1 Get Ready To Get Things Done in 2011 http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/12/get-ready-to-get-things-done-in-2011 http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/12/get-ready-to-get-things-done-in-2011#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:15:55 +0000 MichaelDeutch http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=3611 The new year is almost here! Can you believe December is here already? It’s that time to start winding down the year and looking forward to 2011.

What are you going to do to prepare for the turn of the [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/12/get-ready-to-get-things-done-in-2011/feed 1 Use Case – Project Management Process gets Visual Makeover http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/11/use-case-project-management-process-gets-visual-makeover http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/11/use-case-project-management-process-gets-visual-makeover#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:02:55 +0000 Garrett Scott http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=3494 “Project Management does great job in our company. However, our company doesn’t do a great job with Project Management”

If you’re an individual user working at your own pace, MindManager is fast and easy to learn. But what if you [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/11/use-case-project-management-process-gets-visual-makeover/feed 21 What’s New: Integrated Project Timelines and Resource Planning Views http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/09/what%e2%80%99s-new-integrated-project-timelines-and-resource-planning-views http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/09/what%e2%80%99s-new-integrated-project-timelines-and-resource-planning-views#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:35:39 +0000 Wayne Chan http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=3130 Welcome to part three of this four part series (Part 1: Interactive Slides; Part 2: PowerPoint Integration).  One of the toughest things to do is to effectively track and manage [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/09/what%e2%80%99s-new-integrated-project-timelines-and-resource-planning-views/feed 1 MindManager Version 9 for Windows is Here! http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/08/mindmanager-version-9-for-windows-is-here http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/08/mindmanager-version-9-for-windows-is-here#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:00:05 +0000 Garrett Scott http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=2981

We are very proud to announce that the highly anticipated release of MindManager Version 9 for Windows is now available for purchase! MindManager v9 is all about delivering what you have been asking for: dramatically improved [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/08/mindmanager-version-9-for-windows-is-here/feed 54 Using MindManager with Catalyst for Managing Projects Webinar http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/05/using-mindmanager-with-catalyst-for-managing-projects-webinar http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/05/using-mindmanager-with-catalyst-for-managing-projects-webinar#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 20:57:05 +0000 Garrett Scott http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=2663 One of the top uses of Mindjet products, especially MindManager, is project management. As countless blog posts and users can attest there are few tools out there that are better for managing complex projects and programs than MindManager. [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/05/using-mindmanager-with-catalyst-for-managing-projects-webinar/feed 4 New from Mindjet: MindManager for SharePoint http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/02/new-from-mindjet-mindmanager-for-sharepoint http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/02/new-from-mindjet-mindmanager-for-sharepoint#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:29:46 +0000 MichaelDeutch http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=2131 We’ve got news, great news!

Mindjet is pleased to announce our newest member to the MindManager family of products:

Microsoft SharePoint Server is one of the world’s leading business collaboration platforms that helps teams connect and [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/02/new-from-mindjet-mindmanager-for-sharepoint/feed 25 Say Hello to the NEW MindManager 8 for Mac! http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/01/say-hello-to-the-new-mindmanager-8-for-mac http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/01/say-hello-to-the-new-mindmanager-8-for-mac#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:21:17 +0000 MichaelDeutch http://blog.mindjet.com/?p=1951

Hello World!

With all the buzz and excitement around Apple’s announcements this week, we want to make sure you also hear Mindjet’s great news too!

The whole Mindjet team is very excited to announce the release of [...]]]> http://blog.mindjet.com/2010/01/say-hello-to-the-new-mindmanager-8-for-mac/feed 38