Mindjet® MindManager® Pro 6 transforms brainstorming ideas, strategic thinking, and business information into blueprints for action, enabling teams and organizations to work faster, smarter, and with greater coordination. It extends core mapping functionality with a host of simple tools–collaboration, distribution, administration–making it easy for business professionals to quickly deliver bottom–line benefits enterprise–wide.

With Mindjet MindManager Pro 6, you will:

• Capture, analyze, and repurpose information from a variety of sources
• Streamline business processes and speed decision making
• Easily ensure all “stakeholders” stay informed, involved, on task

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PersonalBrain is a mind mapping application that aims to mold itself on your own way of thinking.

You can use the application to build to build up diagrams, create networks or simply sketch out your thoughts. PersonalBrain is flexible to work with. Start out from a "brain", essentially a thought and build up from it adding new ideas. You can choose to focus on a specific brain and add your own notes to it. The search box at the bottom left helps you find an idea quickly.

PersonalBrain isn't limited to your thoughts though and you can also drag and drop files, such as web pages and connect them together.

Surprisingly, PersonalBrain will only let you export your mind maps in HTML, when it would have been nice to have a choice of OPML and text among others.

PersonalBrain is a very flexible mind mapping program which lets you write down and connect your thoughts very easily.

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project management software is often complex and expensive but that's not the case with GanttPV. With GanttPV managers can define tasks, task durations, dependencies, start dates, and holidays. Based on this information GanttPV calculates task end dates and creates a "Gantt chart" that can be used to communicate when project tasks should be completed.

The program helpz you think through task assignments by allowing you to identify resources and assign resources to tasks on multiple projects. It allocates hours to each assigned resource and calculates summary totals by Task, by Resource, and by Day and Week. Afterwards, Gantt helps you identify and prioritize all of the follow up activities necessary to keep multiple projects moving forward. It can also be used to monitor team productivity and expenses and calculate the earned value hours.

For a free piece of software, this is an excellent project manager that will help most project managers improve their team's productivity.

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Aras Innovator® suite of enterprise software solutions are for performance driven companies. Aras solutions drive a process-oriented approach to manage, measure, and improve new product introduction and quality compliance from concept through development, launch, and operations.

Companies achieve customer alignment, attain greater profit margins, and shorten development cycles with Aras solutions. Phase-gate project dashboards, change management workflows, risk analysis, closed-loop quality processes, and regulatory & environmental compliance are integrated in highly flexible software solutions to deliver bottom line business results.

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Collanos Workplace is a simple productivity tool to improve the workflow on projects.

The program is specifically focused on project management, and allows you to save all your material (emails, graphs, reports and the likes) into one place. You can create multiple tabbed workplaces, which is a good way of separating your different projects yet having access to them anytime. Changes made to projects by anyone are immediately visible in the interface, as is the availability of team members.

Collanos Workplace is available for PC, Mac and Linux, so you can use it with any OS and still share project information with other team members. Collanos Workplace can be used offline and will automatically syn new information as soon as you get back online. Another way to communicate is by using the Team Instant Messenger environment, represented by the discussions pane at the bottom.

The closed environment that is Collanos Workplace is its true strength and weakness. To be able to manage your projects and keep a solid organization it's important to have every team member and feature under one system. However that also means you'll have to put up with all the tools, even if there are some you don't enjoy working with.

The application was easy to use, and I could see it being easily implemented to any organization. However it did feel a little slow at times. Apart from the startup login, I was also a bit surprised not too find more security settings to protect your projects.

Collanos Workplace is an intuitive project management tool to handle and organize all your projects and keep in contact at all times with team members.

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Designed for Microsoft Excel and improving on its capabilities, HomeCOST Estimator is contained completely within an Excel file. All you have to do is to open your MS Excel program, then open the HomeCOST Estimator Excel file.

Prepare valuation cost estimates for residential construction adjusted for your city, type, class and style of construction. Add more style, type, additional and upgrade descriptions of your own. HomeCOST will recognize custom data and apply. All using a convenient wizard style interface built-in this cost estimating software.

HomeCOST Estimator generates instant, on-screen reports. Click a button to print or format as you would format any MS Excel spreadsheet file. You can use Excel's powerful data saving and exporting tools for managing and distributing your estimates. For example, save your estimate as a text file then format with your word processor. Or, save as an Internet (html) file and email conveniently. Increase your estimating productivity with our cost estimating software and build success.

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WorkTime is a versatile and easy to use utility that tracks the time you spend working with your PC. The program launches on Windows startup and works in background mode collecting comprehensive data concerning any activity on your PC.

WorkTime can track the projects you work on and sort out your working time distribution by keeping record of all user actions (launching programs, opening documents, web-surfing, etc). The main feature that makes WorkTime stand out in a long row of time/project trackers is its simplicity and user-friendliness. You don't need to spend much time learning how to use this utility – just install it and start working.

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OrgPlus Professional is the industry standard software for automatically creating and distributing charts for organizational communication and planning. Data can be automatically imported from any employee database, automating the process for creating and publishing organizational charts. OrgPlus Professional includes OrgPlus Viewer for distributing organizational charts via any web browser.

OrgPlus Professional is ideal for organizations of any size that wish to communicate an up-to-date organizational chart easily across any organization. OrgPlus charts integrate perfectly with Microsoft Office applications and can be automatically published to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or the Web.

Create Charts Automatically

OrgPlus simplifies the process of inputting data into an organizational chart from almost any data source including flat files, Excel, ODBC, SQL Server, Oracle, CDAP and Active Directory. Automatically break large, complex charts into easy-to-manage hyperlinked sub-charts. Create multiple, unique chart tabs within one file to present different views of the organization.

Customize Charts

After a chart has been automatically built, dress it up by choosing from 36 pre-defined templates or create one from scratch. Work with a multitude of design tools and effects to create visual impact.

Publish to a Corporate Intranet or Shared Network

Place charts directly on a corporate intranet or shared network and view them interactively. Now any user can navigate, query, print or save charts.

Integrates with Microsoft Office

Compatibility with Microsoft Office should be a critical aspect of any software purchasing decision. OrgPlus technology is embedded in Microsoft Office applications ensuring compatibility with your existing software investments. Use MS-Word or PowerPoint to publish and communicate charts, plus open and even edit OrgPlus-created files from within Microsoft Office. This means that employees and managers who do not have OrgPlus installed can utilize charts to meet their planning and republishing needs.

Automate the Process

Refresh the chart data on a predefined schedule of your choosing, and ensure that your employees always have the latest information. The process of communicating organizational information is completely automated.

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MindGenius is for everyone. It drives improvement by providing clarity of thought and purpose in whatever task or project needs to be addressed.MindGenius has no "gimmicks" All features are value-adding, and aligned to real business processes. Within the MindGenius software you will find detailed, instructional white papers to assist with applying the product to these processes. Examples are:

• Brainstorming
• Project Management
• Cause & Effect Analysis
• Decision Making
• Meeting Management
• SWOT Analysis
• Impact Analysis
• MindMapping

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Flick! is the ideal tool for artists looking to keep a record of their collections.

You can be mistaken in thinking that Flick! has something to do with Yahoo!'s photo sharing service, yet Flick! is completely different. Built specifically for artists, it lets keep lists of all your artworks and clients. The application features six different views and shows artwork information like location, price and category. For clients you'll be able to add all sorts of information like address, phone number and even relationship. Your lists can quickly be printed out or even exported.

Its fairly easy to add both clients and new pieces of art but we did find the user interface a little confusing, probably because of all the buttons and functions that appear at the top of the interface. The start menu window you have to go through the first time you launch Flick! can take a bit of time too.

Even though the interface can seem a little confusing at first, Flick! is a useful tool for artists to manage all their artwork and clients.

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Time Panic maintains the tradition of time management software, offering multiple calendar views and a large array of customizable options to help you keep on top of multiple tasks.

The organization of your schedule is where Time Panic aims to stand out from the rest, letting you set precise time spent on projects and calculate overtime, making sure you’re not losing any valuable minutes. The program offers a wealth of possible definitions to describe each and every one of your tasks. From appraisal interview to technical meeting, cost and effort estimation or even happy hour, you can literally create any job schedule out there. What’s more, Time Panic allows you to check your tasks as regularly as you like: daily, yearly or by project, helping you to maintain a complete view of your timetable. And if you happen to carry a Pocket PC you’ll be able to take Time Panic and your timetable with you on the go, something that most businessmen will find a necessity.

Time Panic has all the essential tools you could ask of a timetable management program, but it has a letdown. You can easily lose yourself in the complexity of configuration options especially when starting out with the program. It does take some time to actually create and put down all your tasks, but once that is through you’ll have your timetable set up and you’ll be able to get right down to work.

Overall the program is simple to grasp and offers plenty of resources and options which should allow you to set the blueprints of your activity. Aimed primarily at businessmen, Time Panic could also be of use to students, or people who just want to handle the daily grind better.

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Columbus is a combined navigator and viewer that allows you to organise and view data in a more structured way. Columbus combines two powerful viewing engines, supporting over 300 file formats, including Microsoft Office XP, AutoCAD 2004/2005, Microstation V8 and Hewlett Packard HPGL/2. Logically related files and folders can be gathered under one heading even though they are spread across multiple folders and servers around the office or globe. This makes it easy to view, edit, redline, issue and print data regardless of the document type or where it resides.

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A free, open-source MS Windows program you can use to easily track time spent on a project. It enables you to time how long you spend on a task, including features that let you take "slack time" for a phone call or break. Times for various tasks can be linked to an hourly charge rate for accurate billing. Export your data using ASCII or XML, and customize your report for your own letterhead.

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The Synthis Process Modeler is a flowchart-based documentation tool designed to make it easy for business and operations people to visually map and document their business processes. Using simple drag-and-drop techniques, users can create information-rich process maps that link directly to existing documentation systems and can be easily accessed via the web or corporate Intranet.

Definitions of published standards and regulations can be imported into projects to facilitate requirements documentation and tracking. Pre-built reports help manage your compliance initiatives and can be used to identify which areas of your business will likely be impacted as requirements change.

As a result of these capabilities within Synthis Process ModelerT, building high-value process models that support more effective strategic and tactical decision-making is now within the reach of any organization.

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Open Workbench is a robust, mature tool for project scheduling and management. It conforms to and supports the underlying ideals of project management while presenting information in a way that is intuitive and easy to learn. Tens of thousands of project managers around the world use Open Workbench to plan and execute complex projects.

All projects proceed through a series of tasks (or stages) during their lifecycle. By using Open Workbench, these critical tasks or stages become more manageable, making projects more likely to succeed. Open Workbench enables project managers to create work breakdown structures (WBS) with tasks and milestones, set baselines, schedule project plans with dependencies, assign resources to tasks, schedule work on tasks over a period of time, adjust the schedule as actual work is recorded, link master and subprojects and schedule resources across them, and conduct earned value analysis.

Once the project plan is created, project managers can schedule tasks with assigned resources for completion. For large projects, scheduling can be an intricate process that balances task relationships, resource availability, and task duration. The powerful Auto Schedule feature in Open Workbench is designed to handle just this type of complexity. With the click of a button, the Auto Schedule feature uses an internal set of rules to create a schedule that takes into account task constraints, dependencies, priorities and resource constraints—automatically generating the best method for project completion. When the plan is approved, the project manager can create a baseline, which gives a snapshot of the project and allows revisions to be compared against the original plan.

The mission of Open Workbench is to develop a world class, open source application with the world’s most robust project scheduling functionality. Open Workbench wants to ensure that project management professionals will continue to have a powerful choice to manage their most complex workplan, task and resource requirements.

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AutoMate is a leading software for automation of front and back-office business processes. It provides all the tools necessary to completely automate business processes, regardless of their complexity.

Develop

Drag-and-drop task building enables tasks to be constructed rapidly. No programming code or writing batch files.

Deploy

Tasks can either be deployed in-place with AutoMate's powerful event-based triggers or they can be deployed across the enterprise to other AutoMate installations with only a few clicks of the mouse.

Manage

AutoMate tasks are displayed in plain-English sentences, thus eliminating the problem of code abandonment that occurs when the developer of the solution leaves the company. Tasks can be organized in hierarchical folders in one convenient location instead of being spread throughout the organization.

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The aim of this program is to make spreadsheet planning as easy as possible. Simplicity was designed to streamline project planning and is targeted at small businesses including one-man operations. The program offers a complete project management, meetings, tasks and arrangements planning tool on one.

Dolphinity Planner displays all information in a very clear, concise way classified into three groups - projects scheduled, pending projects and tasks "to-do". It also has a handy roadmap where you can see projects that need to be carried out during each period, the initials of the person responsible, and the start and end dates for the project. From the list of resources, you can assign each project to a person. This person may be internal or external and in addition, through its filters, you can easily see which tasks assigned to each employee.

For a free program, this is a remarkably good spreadsheet and planning program although it lacks advanced features for those that are running bigger projects.

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Pagico is designed to help you be more organised and more productive. it's there for educators, professors, students, lecturers etc who need an easy-to-use knowledge base for their work and research. It enables you to centralize all kinds of data under specific topics, manage project-specific and person-specific tasks, record activities (like history) of students or team members.

The key to this program is that all contents are interlinked together automatically, building your knowledge base in no time effortlessly. However, it does not allow you to share or to work in shared documents but offers sophisticated tools to control the activity of your equipment, to manage files and tasks, to relate tasks to the activity of your equipment, etc.

The look of Pagico is very attractive with an excellent GUI. It comes with a polished colour scheme that's designed to help you remember ideas, documents and a system of tags to organize it. It also includes contacts, with the possibility of assigning tasks.

This is a superb collaborative working tool that will make even the most disorganised student or teacher more efficient.

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Studiometry is a project management system that enables you to handle every single aspect of your work projects. Either if you work as freelancer or you're member of a professional team, you can take full advantage of all the tools features in Studiometry to make your work easier and also improve your relationship with customers.

The program takes care of every detail to such an extent that it looks very confusing at the beginning. In fact, I strongly recommend following the tutorial that you can access through the Help menu. Once you learn the basics of the program, you may start creating a new project, adding customers and customizing options. Also, there's a sample project for you to use to practice a bit before starting the real work.

In all, Studiometry is a very complete project manager that can really help you with your work. Just one small complaint: I hope they make the interface font size bigger in future versions. Maybe it's because I'm short-sighted, but I found them to be too small.

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Tracks how much time you spend on different projects and tasks. Thanks to precise time tracking and accounting you can quickly and precisely calculate time spent on different tasks. You can bill your clients on time based on real reports. You can plan your working day better and be more effective in managing your time as you see, where your time is gone. The application doesn't occupy space on your desktop and is controlled from System Tray (although you can manage tasks and see reports in large window). Automatic control over tracking in cases when the user leaves his work place.

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