Mind2Chart add-in for Mindjet MindManager 7, 8 is a powerful and easy-to-use tool to help teams and individuals with project planning and task management. It provides Gantt chart, project schedule and cost estimation based on mind-map info.

Features: Mind2Chart is an add-in for MindManager. It helps you with small and middle-sized project management. It is so simple to use that even non-professional project managers can start doing effective project management. Mind2Chart turns discussion topics into tasks for plan with just a couple of clicks. In a minute you get the Work Breakdown Structure of your project, allocate resources and after it will be able to manage the project implementation easily. These tasks then are displayed as Gantt charts. The add-in then allows you to observe the whole scope of work or parts of it. Dependencies between can be set as can the key dates, task scheduling, holidays and so on. Resource allocation can be taken into account. in the project or a selected part of it. Identifying problematic tasks, critical path or bottlenecks are easy. Generating reports about project status, resources, costs etc can be created with ease as Excel spreadsheets.

The add-in is completely integrated with MindManager versions 7 and 8 and has an intuitive interface and all the information is available in one window. Such details as automatic time calculation, automatic task rollup according to dependencies, resource capacity and customized schedule, elements of analysis, visualization of task information in the form of Gantt chart, printable reports etc. ensures that planning process will be easy and clear. You can modify information in the chart by writing corresponding values in the editor or dragging bars and relationship arrows manually at the chart area. Due to the two-way synchronization all changes in task information will appear in the mind map just as they appear in the chart and vice versa.

Overall: Nice way of creating a workable plan from mind maps. It is easy to use.