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MindGenius Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 7.7 out of 10
Score
7.7 out of 10

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Pros

Comprehensive Project Management: Users have praised MindGenius for its comprehensive project management capabilities, with features such as project briefs, costing and planning, simulations, sign off, and reporting. Several reviewers have found it useful in seamlessly managing projects from start to finish.

Transforms Random Meetings into Structured Projects: Many users appreciate how MindGenius helps them transform random meetings into structured projects. They find it easy to clarify their ideas, write reports, prepare presentations, and manage projects using the software. This feature has been highlighted by multiple reviewers.

Intuitive and User-Friendly Interface: The intuitive and user-friendly interface of MindGenius has been highly regarded by reviewers. They mention that minimal training is required to achieve effective results with the software, making it accessible to both experienced and novice users alike.

Reviews

1 Review

MG: Visual Mapping @itsBest

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I personally use MindGenius to organize my research, brainstorm, plot out goals, and share ideas with others. At this juncture, it is a tool that I use independently--not one that my entire department uses.

Pros

  • GOAL SETTING: Because of the available templates, it is easy to set goals and then revisit them for revision or follow through. I like to brainstorm while I set goals and then come back and annotate my goals with changes, improvements, or add/substract them as needed.
  • STRATEGIC PLANNING: MindGenius is terrific for working through ideas and parameters. I can either use a freelance screen or a template and brainstorm through the goals that I need to meet. Then I can branch out from each objective with the required facets of each one. I am visual so color coding and using shapes to organize the parts of the objective (i.e. the resources needed, people/stakeholders that are involved, missing pieces etc.). When organizing a project or research, I find it invaluable.
  • BRAINSTORMING: MindGenius is a wonderful visual to use in a small group or classroom to brainstorm or record ideas. I also adjunct teach and I find MG a wonderful visual for planning a paper or demonstrating how to support ideas in a paper or to verify that research is completed properly. it is a teacher's must-have.

Cons

  • MindGenius is not as intuitive as I would like it to be. Although there is a quick-key stroke or movement that will replicate a shape or field if I want to make a parent or child block, I never remember what it is. I always use the manual insert by clicking with the mouse and it takes longer. If CONTROL ENTER created a new shape field like "the last one" or the one where the cursor is blinking, that would help considerably.
  • Changing the default visuals for a template or making a new template is overly time-consuming. Although I understand these details may only matter to someone as ULTRA-VISUAL a I am, if the font is too small or the shapes need to be visually altered, there is not a way to quickly grab those boxes and change the settings in one fell swoop. Although there is a way they can be changed, I have to navigate inside this and then inside this to get to the screen and then I have to figure out which changes the lines or the inside color of the shape etc. These details are a little overwhelming.
  • It would be great if I could make one shape in the font and layout I want and then replicate that pattern to other shapes or apply a different color scheme to it entirely. If these features already exist, i cannot find them and I consider myself to be rather tech savvy.

Likelihood to Recommend

[It's] Wonderful for small group or individual planning, brainstorming, explaining, projecting etc. It is also great for reporting or sharing findings of outcomes whether research or business related. It has a free viewer so that if you are presenting on a different computer, the viewer will allow the visuals to be shared.

It is not ideal for collaboration unless everyone has this software.

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Verified User
Employee in Research & Development (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
MindGenius
2 years of experience