Mind Mapping With SharePoint

by Stefan on 24 Feb 2010

Mind Mapping is used a lot these days in many situations – from setting up projects to emergency solution finding. One of the leading commercial products in this area is MindManager which I’ve been using in a very early version years ago and I loved it.

One of the features missing in most Mind Mapping software is the ability to collaborate. This is where SharePoint comes into the picture: Mindjet, the company behind MindManager, just announced MindManager for SharePoint.

Download a trial using the above link and share your experience here. We are Interested to hear what you think of the product and how it goes with SharePoint. We will update here with our own experience in a few weeks time.

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