Year: 2017

This is a mind map example that represents the content of PMBOK. In this diagram, the 47 processes are grouped based on the knowledge it takes to execute them. This grouping is called Knowledge Areas. There are 10 of them.

1. Project Integration Management
2. Project Scope Management
3. Project Time Management
4. Project Cost Management
5. Project Quality Management
6. Project Human Resources Management
7. Project Communications Management
8. Project Risk Management
9. Project Procurement Management
10. Project Stakeholder Management (introduced in PMBOK 5th edition)

This is a mind map example that gives an example use of mind map for note taking. Note taking is presented by many advocates of mind mapping as a primary reason for making maps. That may be a narrow view, but anyone who tracks comments on the Web will know that students, business people, academics and hobbyists do find them very useful for drafting on paper or on a computer their understanding of a subject as they listen to a talk, a podcast or a lecture, watch a presentation, TV program or YouTube video, or read a book, magazine or web page.

This is a mind map example for project planning. Now, we can develop the mind map to a more detailed level. You have aims, now you need a statement of requirements, and an informal agreement with the sponsors of the project, or more likely a formal agreement, and even a legal contract in some cases. Depending on how formal your sponsors are, there may be penalties to agree at this stage and you will need to consider contingencies in cases of failure to obtain all the resources or meet certain requirements - delivery dates especially.

This is a mind map example that shows how mind map can help in project planning.

You can't start a project without thinking, "What do I do first?" but starting there is premature. Even with small projects you must have a clear understanding of the following:

1. The project aims
2. how completion will be judged (what tells you that you've really finished? Who decides?)
3. how success will be judged,
4. what the scope of the project will be,
5. what resources it can draw upon,
6. who will be involved,

This mind map example shows you how to plan the activities will be involved in hosting a conference which starts off from venue, attendees, speakers and so on, drill down into details for each of the activities. You can label some of the topics to “external” for management purposes.

Here is a SWOT analysis example. SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and is a structured planning method that evaluates those four elements of an organization, project or business venture. So how to Use Mind Map to Perform SWOT Analysis? A traditional SWOT Analysis lists your business’s greatest strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in a grid-like format as shown here and the corresponding mind map.

Here is a SWOT analysis example. SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and is a structured planning method that evaluates those four elements of an organization, project or business venture. Here is a simple template for SWOT Analysis.

SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and is a structured planning method that evaluates those four elements of an organization, project or business venture. So how to Use Mind Map to Perform SWOT Analysis? Here is a simple template for SWOT and the branch out sub-categories, add or remove them as appropriate and also add content to it.

How to use Mind Map for brainstorming a Business Start-up? Here is a mind map template that focuses on the core elements of any start-up - Customer, Value Proposition, Feature Set and Business model. In a perfect world, each of these concepts relates to each other in a cohesive story.  For example, if your value is saving someone time, are there any features that can be introduced for saving more time for your customer. Is there a way to quantify the time saved?

This mind map example shows you how mind map can be used for stakeholder analysis. Stakeholder analysis in conflict resolution, project management, and business administration, is the process of the impact of a decision on relevant parties. This information is used to assess how the interests of those stakeholders should be addressed in a project plan, policy, program, or other action.