Idea Mapping

The Idea Mapping book continues to be a best-seller at the Project Management Bookstore. This week it was once again back in the top 10 most popular books among project managers. PMPs can earn 15 PDU credits under category for attending the 2-day Idea Mapping Workshop. Bookmark us!Close Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser […]

Brian Sodl attended an Idea Mapping Workshop in September of 2009. He is also PMP (Project Management Professional) certified and was able to earn 15 PDUs (under category 4) for attending. He used Idea Mapping within the MindManager product to capture details about the nine Project Management Knowledge Areas while study for this PMP exam. […]

On November 17 from 10:00am – 11:30am PST and again on November 19 from 2:00pm – 3:30pm PST Warren Arbuckle will be giving a webinar on using MindManager for Projects. In this online course you will discover how building and tailoring a Project Dashboard (PD) to meet your needs will raise both your and your […]

I’ve known Megan Clark since for over 11 years. She is the North American IT Program Manager for a large automotive company in southeastern Michigan. She contributed an Idea Map for my Idea Mapping Book, and has contributed other examples for this blog as well (most recently “Orbiting the Giant Hairball” book summary). Today’s example […]

Yesterday I found out that PMPs can earn 15 PDUs for attending the Idea Mapping Workshop. After receiving a certificate verifying successful completion of the 2-day workshop, PMPs can report their PDUs under Category 4 – “Other Providers”. So if you need PDUs, this would be a great chance to have a marvelous learning experience […]

Here’s an ironic story… Last month I was one of the speakers for the sold-out New Jersey PMI (Project Management Institute) Annual Conference. This is the second largest chapter in the USA. The morning started with a great spread of food and attendees strolled the bookstore and the vendor booths. I noticed that the bookstore […]

Warren Arbuckle’s Business Mapping is the title of Warren’s book that was published in Japan in the Spring of 2008. We were introduced last year by our dear mutual friend, Vanda North. Ironically my Idea Mapping book in Japanese was paired with his for a while on amazon.jp. Warren has lived in Tokyo for 25 […]

Overview In the Spring of 2007, I introduced Denny Sikkila (Mindjet Central Region Manager) to one of my clients at a large automotive company here in Michigan. Denny helped her build a MindManager prototype to develop a Program Dashboard that has transformed their weekly status meetings. Not only has it saved them time in preparing […]

Idea Maps 4 & 5 come from Michelle Saykally and Barbara Ansell who own Consulting Excellence, Inc. out of Pasadena, California. They teach a workshop called, “Mapping for Project Managers”. Map #5 shows project managers how to turn around a failing project.

Idea Maps 4 & 5 come from Michelle Saykally and Barbara Ansell who own Consulting Excellence, Inc. out of Pasadena, California. They teach a workshop called, “Mapping for Project Managers”. Map #4 show Career Opportunities for project managers.