I also love that it comes with a Gantt Chart display which I can use to assign all the tasks on my mind map to team members, complete with deadlines and priorities. I can turn various sections of my mind map into slides which makes a large mind map much more manageable when it comes to explaining what I've been working on. The presentation mode is very helpful, too, when I want to showcase only a part of the mind map for a client meeting, for instance. This is great for the way I work because I have so many thoughts and ideas and now I have a way to corral them until I can use them. Once I've figured that out, it's easy to move my ideas into the mind map.
#XMIND TUTORIALS PRO#
I use the XMind Pro version which also offers a brainstorming feature which I use for catching all my thoughts before I know exactly how I want to organize them. I like that it's very quick to jot down my ideas and move them around to make them fit more logically into a sequence. I remember thinking that it was very intuitive when I first tried it out, and as I use it more and more, I'm discovering that it's also surprisingly powerful. Pros: I love that XMind is so easy to use and yet so powerful. The clip art and ability to use straight or curved lines, and format text as I like helps for communication also. And sometimes I just data-dump a brainstorm of ideas for whatever I'm working on.
Other times for organizational charts or taxonomies. Sometimes I also use it for building models for presentations. I start with these 4 trees on the mind-map but the results can cover hundreds of branches as each branch stimulates new ideas. 4MAT is a good process and worth learning more about. ? What if it everyone knew/did/felt this? 'What if?' is designed to stimulate the thinking processes based on the Why, What, How of the article/book/presentation. The WHY is all about "Why should people read/know/care about this?", then WHAT is it that I want them to know/do/feel, and HOW do they do this, then finally the IF? is all about What if? What if I (the reader) do this and it works or doesn't work? What if the next step is. I typically use the 4MAT model (as originally developed by Bernice McCarthy in 1980) which creates a 4 way mind-map, starting with WHY in the top right quadrant then WHAT in the lower right, HOW in the lower left and continuing clockwise to create a branch about IF? in the top left quadrant. Mostly I like that it's a fast way for me to scope and think about an article or book. And can form the basis of a great Prezi layout if you use the clip art. Overall: I use it for mind-mapping my articles, presentations, and books. However, once you are about to set XMind up, you will see that is a great tool for organizing your ideas with your team. Things to consider before purchasing XMind could be that you should be absolutely clear about how much collaborative features you know, because XMind isn't very strong on these, and you have to keep in mind that since the cloud version isn't available anymore, as far as I know, the performance is pretty poor at times.
However, as it doesn't feature any third party integrations that we worked with, implementation was relatively easy and done in about two weeks. It didn't take long to get the basics with XMind set up.
#XMIND TUTORIALS FREE#
We chose XMind because it was relatively easy to use, the features were great, and the free edition gave a very good taste of what was to come with the Pro plan.
#XMIND TUTORIALS UPGRADE#
We started out using the free plan, but we decided to upgrade to Pro pretty quickly because XMind was just the best tool for the job. For more reviews like this, please click the link below.Īt first, we considered Tableau, but it is way more complex than XMind. I'm working as a business development manager and I would give XMind four out of five stars.
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