| When working as a manager, consultant or freelancer, | | | | pictures. This is just a simple and very basic mindmap. |
| you probably know everything about juggling with all | | | | My project management mindmap is a map that |
| the different projects and related information. It can be | | | | shows tasks, results, people and dates in one |
| a real problem maintaining your focus on the task at | | | | overview. For me, it is much easier to start with the |
| hand and have everything ready when you need it. | | | | desired situation in mind. What is the outcome you are |
| Fortunately there is a cure to all of this. | | | | working towards? Put this at the top of your sheet. |
| When working as a business consultant, I saw many | | | | Then break the entire process of reaching that goal up |
| people who were so focused on their own job they | | | | in tasks. Connect these to each other to form a chain |
| lost track of the big picture. I have to admit this | | | | of tasks. Work from top to bottom. At the bottom of |
| happened to me before as well. I just focused so | | | | the page, you show where you are right now. |
| much on what I did I lost track of time and everything | | | | Add people, dates and needed resources to the tasks |
| around me. Yes... this still happens to me once in a | | | | in your map. You may want to use different colors or |
| while. But now, it doesn't hurt the rest of what I have | | | | use a different writing to identify each one of those |
| to do anymore. | | | | three next to the task. |
| The crazy thing about being so much more aware of | | | | When you did that... you start to work on the project. |
| what happens around me and managing my project | | | | Since you have everything on one sheet, you can |
| doesn't cost much more than one sheet of paper and | | | | manage everything and everyone easily. You can |
| a borrowed pencil. Let me show you how this can | | | | even use the overview to show others how their |
| work for you as well. | | | | work is related to the outcome. |
| It all starts with the end result in mind. We want to | | | | A different setup of the sheet content is by creating a |
| create an overview that shows us what happens now | | | | radial overview. The outcome is located in the middle; |
| AND what out outcome or big picture is. No better | | | | the tasks are around this center. All roads lead to the |
| method than to overview this in actually one picture! | | | | outcome you and your team are working on. |
| For me, this looks a lot like a mindmap. No, I'm not | | | | Have fun using this cheap yet powerful solution! |
| talking about these nice colorful diagrams with lots of | | | | |