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[...] from January 2010 on Linky van der Merwe’s approach still proved a good starting place and Kareem Shaker’s mindmap method has really engaged [...]

By: xianzhong

xianzhong — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:06:18 +0000

Here is a free online mind mapping software, it is cloud computing based. Imagine you save a mind map file in the cloud, it will be very safe.

By: Deva

Deva — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:14:36 +0000

Kareem,

Thanks for the information on mind mapping Software. Recently I am hearing a lot on mind map but I was looking for a freeware to understand how it helps for Project Mangers.

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:55:32 +0000

This has been an excellent tool. I have shared it with my team long ago. Coming back to thank you on this.

By: Simon Dodds

Simon Dodds — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:08:06 +0000

Thanks for that, Kareem!

By: Kareem

Kareem — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:28:12 +0000

Hi Simon,

I have updated the post and you can import the markers package I used to your Xmind..

Thank you so much for your comment and feedback!

By: Simon Dodds

Simon Dodds — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:31:58 +0000

Hi there Kareem,

Another excellent post, and yet another excellent mindmap. It’s always a pleasure to see what you have to say.

I have only one tiny question: Some of the images in the mindmap didn’t show up after I downloaded the file, so are some of the icons separate to the standard xmind package?

Thanks,
Simon

By: Shim Marom

Shim Marom — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:10:44 +0000

Hi Kareem, enjoyed reading this post. I like the way you’ve used mind mapping in this context.

Cheers, Shim.

By: Kareem

Kareem — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:09:26 +0000

Steering committee is a group of executives or senior managers who are driving the project to completion, in most of big projects a steering committee is formed and headed by the sponsor, the frequency of steering committee meeting is monthly or once every two months, for example the Chief Operations Officer (COO) can be the project sponsor and the steering committee can be comprised of other group of CxO (CIO, CFO, CTO, CRO, etc.)

About negative stakeholders, I have never said that the negative stakeholders have to be ignored, on the contrary what I am saying is that the negative stakeholders have to be paid more attention..

There is another model that is called Power & Influence and some other models are available out there however most of them are in the same mould

Thank you Mohammed

By: Mohamed Gad

Mohamed Gad — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:37:26 +0000

Kimo,

I loved this post, the best things in the mindmap that you have done are, meetings scheduling, and how frequently are made, plus, you classified the stakeholders with importance and power along with the peak interest which was cool, but, I wonder, if it was implemented somewhere, in my experience, it’s hard to keep everybody on track.

as mentioned before, your MM inspired me.

Great work, Thank you my friend

MAG

By: Mohammed Al-Taee

Mohammed Al-Taee — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:32:19 +0000

What do you mean by Steering Committee?

Do we need always to overlook negative stakeholders?

Thinking to replace power and interest with influence factor.

I like the Ground Rules and the communication matrix looks realistic. Face-to-Face is time saving.

As always, good topic to discuss

By: Kareem

Kareem — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:26:21 +0000

Jim,
as you know mind maps help in a wide spectrum of activities, starting from meeting minutes to business planning and portfolio brainstorming, it is a great way that’s understandable by everyone regardless of experience level, it literally can be used with executives and with team members as well,

Thank you so much for your comment and best of luck for your PMI meeting!

By: Jim Benvie

Jim Benvie — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:12:07 +0000

Kareem,
Just found your blog through PM Student.
I enjoyed you article on the communication mindmap.
I had just done a stakeholder one but had not developed it into a communication map, so you have given me much to think on.

Also I am scheduled to speak @ the Houston PMI meeting in May on Mind Mapping and PM and will certainly mention your blog as a source of information

Thanks for the post

Jim