iMindQ® for various uses

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INTRODUCTION 5

WHO CAN USE IMINDQ® 5

THINK – INVENT – VISUALIZE – PRESENT – ACT 6

IMINDQ® FOR BUSINESS USES 10

IMINDQ® FOR INDIVIDUAL USE 13

FILE FORMAT 17

WORKING PLATFORMS 17

CONCEPT MAPPING 18

CONCEPT MAPS VS. MIND MAPS 18

GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE 19

ORGANIC & INTUITIVE MIND MAPPING 19

INTEROPERABILITY WITH OTHER FORMATS 20

ADVANCED SEARCH 20

ONLINE HELP 20

IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP WITH CUSTOMERS 21

PRESENTATION MODE 23

Contents

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ADVANCED MS OFFICE INTEGRATION 24

ENRICH YOUR MAPS WITH INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE 26

MULTIPLE MIND MAPS 27

STYLE EDITOR 28

MS SHAREPOINT INTEGRATION 29

MAP TEMPLATES 29

COMBINED VIEW 29

INTRODUCTION 32

PROJECT PLAN 32

GANTT CHART 32

WBS CHART 33

SEAVUS LIVE UPDATE 35

CUSTOMER SUPPORT CENTRE 35

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Introduction

iMindQ® is a dynamic and exciting mind mapping software tool for visual thinking,

brainstorming, planning and organizing in real time. iMindQ® helps you map out

information and improve your memorization, productivity and creativity. It is great for

solving problems easier, improving communication and making plans more quickly and

creatively.

By its smooth usability and highly interactive interface it really saves time, energy and effort

and improves every aspect of your work. iMindQ® allows users to capture all important

information on a simple, easy-to-use, cross-platform friendly mind map.

iMindQ® guides you to clarify your thinking. The flow of your thoughts creates worthy and

valuable never-ending story. iMindQ® helps you make your story streamlined in an intuitive

and powerful mind map and stimulate your visual thinking.

iMindQ® makes the most of the core mind mapping functionalities with a single click

navigation and very intuitive user interface. It offers a selection of features that provides you

full advantage of the logical way of thinking. Words are not as powerful on their own as

when you take the time to draw them into images.

Who can use iMindQ®

Inbound use

On corporate level, iMindQ® can be used:

Within one organizational unit, department, division;

Inter-structural;

By Top Management.

The main purpose of creating a mind map within one organizational unit, department or

division; among different units/departments etc.; is for everyone to see the progress of tasks

for certain project, processes, assigned resources to those tasks and even maybe create brief

report for the same things. Simply put for task management and sharing between

colleagues in the unit. Even allow them to edit maps so they can upgrade the areas/points

(tasks) they have been working on. Main uses for the inbound use: Task and time

management, project/process progress reports, Minutes of Meetings (MoM), making

presentations, collaboration and sharing.

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Top management can also use mind mapping for making decisions for certain strategic

plans, presentations with several key points to discuss and take notes over what actions will

be taken further. In the same time mind mapping could be used for problem solving.

Because all these documents are internal and confidential the mind mapping tool should

allow protection functionality of the map. If anyone wants to upgrade what was previously

explained or discussed should be able to edit and upgrade the map.

Outbound use

IMindQ® is all-round software that can be used in different industries, such as:

Aerospace/Defense

Government Agencies

Educational Institutions

NGOs

Finance/Insurance/Banking

Healthcare/Bio-technology

Telecommunication/Services

Tourism

Manufacturing/Retail

Energy/Oil and Gas/Mineral

Automotive;

with main accent on the presentation mode and map creation.

Think – Invent – Visualize – Present – Act

There is no end for the ideas. That is our philosophy, presented trough infinite process for

thinking and creating.

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Think

iMindQ® gives you a distinctive and easy way of creating maps, which not only saves you

time and effort, but also boosts your creativity and speeds up the process of thinking. Inspire

yourself and enhance the creativity in everything you create by getting more from your

brainstorming sessions or different ways of generating ideas. Capture all important

information while researching on the net, from different meetings and events, in a beautiful,

easy-to-use, cross-platform friendly mind map. Unleash your creative thinking and improve

every aspect of your work activities.

Invent

The flow of your thoughts creates worthy and valuable never-ending stories and iMindQ®

helps you make your story streamlined in an intuitive and powerful mind map. Stimulate

your visual thinking and motivate your idea creation with the usage of organic and intuitive

mind mapping, various map templates, freestyle layouts and rich forms, shapes and images

library. Presenting your business processes with a flowchart diagrams can help you find flaws

and bottlenecks in processes and find ways to streamline those processes. iMindQTM with

other words lets you be inventive in the way how you’ll solve problems and improve your

working processes, thus making you more effective and productive.

Visualize

Collect, connect and visualize information in a distinctive and memorable format with the

variety of map styles, different colors, borders, relationships and ties. You can visualize your

research in a mind map and always have everything accessible from one place, when you

need to review and remind yourself of certain issues. Give the complex data from an MS®

Think

Invent

Visualize

Present

Act

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Excel file new logical meaning, making them understandable for anyone. Fascinating

visualization of information makes the information more memorable and easier to recall.

Visualize your tasks and appointments in a mind map dashboard, which allows you to always

stay up-to-date of all your daily activities at any time, from anywhere, without losing any

information.

Present

The linear way of presenting information is becoming dull, tiresome and boring. You should

engage your audience with more memorable presentation of information that is logically

connected. Present your company’s business model to investors with a concept map and

leave durable impression on them. Address your audience with powerful presentations and

uniquely depict the flow of complex information, resulting in greater interactivity and

participation.

Act

Let the realization of your projects be at a high end quality by utilizing the task and project

management feature. Set your project deliverables by using WBS chart. Plan your project

with the minimum possible risk and always keep track of the project’s progress from one

place. Update your task information with ease and have your team up-to-date of any

changes. With Microsoft SharePoint Integration, you can have all your mind maps in the

cloud and also increase your company’s collaboration through uploading, viewing and

editing maps directly from iMindQ®.

iMindQ® for various uses

iMindQ® for Business Uses

iMindQ® for Marketing

Being in marketing requires good planning, organizational skills and ability to work under

pressure. In this fast changing environment, it is easy to get lost in a bunch of information

and have problems meeting deadlines. Tracking details of the marketing plan, or wider

business plan, and transforming ideas into measurable results is a challenge for every person

in marketing.

Detailed campaign plans

With mind maps you can see all the information and data so you can build a detailed project

plan which provides faster and easier memorization and visualization of the whole plan. By

having the "big picture" presented in a map, you can easily find parts from the map with the

advanced search option and focus on what you want to see.

Fast generation of creative ideas

The most important skill for everyone involved in marketing is creativity. Using mind-maps

facilitates the process of business brainstorming, generating innovative ideas, which leads

to fast creation of marketing campaigns and strategies. Using this type of software can help

you increase your skills while you are solving a problem, intensify creativity and facilitate

your thinking processes.

Better focus on the step-by-step process

It takes time to plan and organize your work. Every day you receive information from emails,

files, online news, social media, smart phones etc. With many mind mapping solutions you

are able to centralize all needed documents in a single place by adding attachments to a

mind map or importing files from different formats. This allows for a better focus on the

step-by-step process rather than generalizing the issue.

Moreover, most of the mind-mapping software solutions today let you meet deadlines

easily by setting reminders for a specific meeting or assigned task, or adding time and date

on a specific topic in the mind map.

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Remarkable Presentation

Business presentations are a crucial part of every marketing activity. Getting the audience

to pay attention and understand what you are saying is rather difficult. You can have the

presentation outline in a mind map and use it as guide by providing hard copy to the

audience which will make it flawless and easy to follow. Using snapshots from parts of the

map can make it more visually understandable and focused.

iMindQ® in Finance

CFO’s and any member of the financial team can benefit from using a mind mapping tools

for different activities they have, such as:

Summarize Financial Statements

Portfolio Management

Information Management

Cashflow Forecasting

iMindQ® in Sales

Generating Outline for the Sales Plan

Being successful in sales is not about luck. You have to plan and analyze each step

thoroughly: from pre-sales research to USP identification to post-sales after-care for

comprehensive and effective sales strategy. Pointing the right factors that influence the sales

processes and that are causing the problems, can help you in better problem solving and

definition of good sales strategies.

Managing the Sales Pipeline

Sales pipeline is the amount of business you attempt to close in a given month, quarter, or

year. It is usually presented as a spreadsheet that tracks all of the business your sales force

has pursued in the form of requests for proposal. As time passes, you can begin to track what

share of sales you close. If that share is consistent, you should be able to forecast sales with

greater accuracy, which will give your sales team greater confidence and help operations staff

plan accurately for future demand. You will also glean information on where your sales team

falls short. For example, is your conversion rate low, or are you converting plenty of customers,

but only getting a small share of their total business?

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Mind mapping can help you focus on the three critical pieces of information: accounts total

budget, the likely length of a sales cycle and the key decision makers. It will also help you

find your magic metric and set up your sales compensation plan.

When managing the sales pipeline, you have to connect and map results which will lead to

better decision making. Managing and setting up the tracking process is also important.

Note: Usually the most important metric is the lead-to-sale conversion, which is the time it

takes a customer to respond.

Sales Forecasting

When it comes to sales forecasting: you have to think and work around three things: the

basics, the prediction itself and the assumptions. When you map out and connect these

things, you’ll benefit not only from connecting them in a more logical way, but also from

keeping the data at one place and simply update it. This way you’ll keep track of changes

to decisions, historical data, variations in the year by year forecasts etc. In the basics you

should include price, cost, units, 3-case scenario and 2-5 year of forecast. When making the

prediction you have to have in mind the following: break down the predictions to the

simplest thing, use historical data and be realistic. To make the appropriate assumptions

you need to include three information sources: variables, market research and justification,

accountability to all assumptions.

Sales Presentations

One of the most important things to the sales staff members is to make good, eye-catching

and interesting presentations for both customers, investors, and managers. First thing you

benefit from mind mapping regarding making presentations is to plan and connect logically

the information your presentation will convey to the interested stakeholders.

iMindQ® in Analysis

iMindQ® offers the users the idea not only of mind mapping, but introducing the idea and

logic behind concept mapping. Analysts gain the following benefits from mind mapping:

Generation of Outline for Business Plans, SWOT analysis, Market Research Analysis,

Presentations

Creating interesting, logically connected presentations

Prepare astonishing presentations in a very fast manner

Taking MoM (Minutes of Meeting) during Brainstorming sessions and other types

of meetings

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Analysis of trainings leading to skills enhancements

Visual representation of Business Models, Processes and Systems

By including concept mapping to iMindQ®, analysts can use the tool for presenting system

processes, draw flowchart diagrams etc.

iMindQ® for Management

Managers use mind mapping for Problem solving, High-level Strategy Planning, Project

Management, Project Planning, Knowledge Management, Summarize Reports for seeing the

bigger picture. Other general uses are taking notes during meetings, preparing MoM’s etc.

iMindQ® in Human Resources

In any company new knowledge, knowledge elicitation and the knowledge retention is at

highest importance these days. People employed in Human Resources are responsible for

properly sharing and presenting the company’s mission, vision and policy to all employees.

The use of concept maps can facilitate the creation of shared vision and shared

understanding within teams and organization. Mind maps can serve them for planning

training processes, planning interviews and during the interviews for noting every answer of

each candidate.

iMindQ® for individual use

Mind maps can be very beneficial for every individual in their daily activities. Mind mapping

users have seen increased productivity once adopting mind maps as a technique. Below

we’ll look at the specific benefits that individuals will get from using a mapping tool for

different needs.

Mind mapping for Journalists from the media

A journalist job is to do researches for certain areas, write articles, held presentations in front

of the editors for certain area they have been working on etc. They face with information

overload and that is why they need something that will help them organize that information

and give different, logical meaning to it.

Fast ways to take notes and manage personal activities

When they visit different press conferences, they can use mind mapping tool on their tablet

or smartphone to take notes as simply and fast as they can without the need to write down

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in several pages what were the main conclusions after Q&A’s discussions. They can also use

mind mapping for self-organization and “To Do” lists.

Mapping story ideas

Mapping out story ideas helps the user think in a non-linear way, more like in a

brainstorming session where one would work with post-its on a white board and connect

ideas in a more creative way. Especially interesting when collaborating with friends. You can

post it as an online document and share it with others or even authorize them to edit the

map.

Mapping production processes and flows

How can the newsrooms better cope with multimedia coverage and how can they integrate

the online and the print operations? Mind mapping allows you to go into greater detail

describing what exactly is at stake and what could be changed. Also allows the user to

present the newsroom complex production flows and processes.

Mind mapping for Artists

Mind mapping can be used by artists such as musicians, writers, producers etc. The main

purpose why artists might use mind mapping is to logically structure any creative ideas

they might have and break them down to more detail points. One example is when a writer

writes a book or an article. In the first phase, the writer notes down the main concepts as

the top level topics and to which later can add more detailed points to them. This is more

similar to a self-brainstorming session. Further on, the writer can add notes, files, pictures

and even links to the source materials the person encountered during a research. Producers

and Screenplay writers may use mind mapping to create character profiles with the physical

appearance, language patterns, character traits and personal history and relationships.

Mind mapping for Students

Students can find mind mapping a fun and exciting way to study, work and follow their

progress all while saving time. Here are a few cool and easy illustrations of mind mapping

benefits in organize class schedules, writing essays, preparing exams, and meeting deadlines.

Stay up-to date with assignments

You can use mind maps to organize the information you receive from all of your classes you

take. Attach your lecture documents of any file type to the class or chapter topic, enter notes

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and set alerts for your assignment and test due dates. Be on top of your education and

know how well you are progressing!

Easier collaboration

Mind maps can be great addition to any group project. You can chat with your classmates,

discuss your ideas and share your views, all while you are still able to upload and attach

documents for others to read (or exchange them by hand if you use hand drawn mind maps).

With mind mapping you can easily build a common view and understanding with your

classmates!

Faster presentation

Mind mapping software solutions can help you create your presentation in the shortest time

ever. All you need to do is lay down all your ideas from your brainstorming session in a mind

map and organize it. Even more, most mind mapping software solutions allow you to take

screen shots from your mind maps

Set your own personal tasks

When visualizing all your tasks and assignments you can work with ease and more

confidence. Creating a mind map with your personal tasks and goal will help you stay on

top of your daily activities!

Plan your essay

When planning an essay, mind mapping helps students to make a realistic plan for their

essay; create a logical structure for the introduction, main section and conclusions. It focuses

your mind on the message you want to get across and the key information you want to

include, making it less likely to go off topic or start rambling.

Fast studying and recalling for exams

Studying for exams is a pretty scary and complex thing for most of the students, making all

the unstructured info difficult to remember and review. With mind mapping this information

overload can be organized in a very neat manner. You simply write down the main topics

for each subject, enter the most important information with one keyword and few important

sentences. This can assist students to review notes more effectively and efficiently,

remembering things visually.

General Overview

File Format

iMindQ® has its own file format (.dmmx), where all information for the map is saved. Beside

the default file format, iMindQ® works with the following file formats:

iMindQ® Map Style (.dmms) – file format where the styles used for visual formatting

of the map are saved;

iMindQ® Map Template (.dmmt) – file format where a created map is saved as

template, that can be imported and used whenever you need it.

iMindQ® Workspace (.dmmw) – file format in which several maps where you work

can be saved and opened at once.

FreeMind map (.mm) – map saved in FreeMind file format;

MindJet Map (.mmap, xmmap) - map saved in MindJet file format;

XMind Map (.xmind) – map saved in native XMind file format

Working platforms

iMindQ® supports the two biggest operating system in the IT world: Microsoft Windows

and Mac. Beside Windows platform (Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 7, and

Microsoft Windows Vista), iMindQ® supports the Mac OS (Mac OS 10.10, 10.9 and Mac

OS 10.8) as well as the latest version of the iOS.

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Concept Mapping

A concept map is a way of representing relationships between ideas, images or words in the

same way that a sentence diagram represents the grammar of a sentence. In a concept map,

each word, phrase, or idea connects to another, and links back to the original idea, word or

phrase. Concept maps are a way to develop logical thinking and study skills by revealing

connections and helping students see how individual ideas form a larger whole.

It was first created to enhance meaningful learning in the sciences. A well-made concept

map grows within a context frame defined by an explicit "focus question".

Concept mapping can be done for several purposes:

To generate ideas (brain storming, etc.);

To design a complex structure (systems, networks, long texts, hypermedia, large

web sites, etc.);

To communicate complex ideas;

To aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge;

To assess understanding or diagnose misunderstanding.

Concept Maps vs. Mind Maps

Because of the different origins and purpose of each, Mind Maps and Concept Maps have

complementary strengths.

Mind maps can grow much larger than Concept Maps. Concept maps (networks)

get exponentially more awkward as they scale up, whereas trees can scale up very

well, because they encapsulate larger amount of information (mind mapping term

collapse branch).

Mind Maps are used mainly to generate ideas more quickly.

Mind Maps are much better at visually and mentally dividing things up into

different contexts and areas of focus. A Concept Map is more usually considered

as a whole, which is another reason that Concept Maps tend to remain smaller.

Concept Maps are designed to be clearly read one proposition at a time, whereas

many Mind Maps can only be skimmed to give a flavor of the subject, or even just

visually appreciated as a work of art.

Mind Maps work well as a reminder for those "in the know". Concept Maps are

self-contained and self-explanatory, so are better suited to sharing real knowledge

with non-authors, without a limited shelf life.

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Concept Maps visualize systems, something that is hard to do in tree diagrams.

Graphic User Interface

Ribbon GUI is the standard working environment for iMindQ®. By its definition, Ribbon is a

single tab bar that contains graphical elements as representation for different functionalities.

Several application’s control with similar functionalities can form a Group inside the Ribbon.

The iMindQ® Ribbon GUI consists of File menu, where all features from the File menu from

the Standard GUI are placed, and Ribbons containing the other viewing features. iMindQ®

has seven static ribbons and three dynamic ribbons.

iMindQ® contains seven standard ribbons:

Home

Insert

Format

View

Present

Exchange

Plan

Depending from the selected view, at the end of the standard ribbon arrangement, a new

dynamic ribbon appears. This ribbon contains features that are unique for the selected view

or unique to the category that the selected view belongs.

Organic & intuitive mind mapping

As your ideas come and you are in creativity mood, your thoughts become reality, they are

visualized, taking specific colors, shapes and forms. iMindQ® contains extended set of

features for building mind maps. All features are placed in ribbons, divided according their

purposes in the process of building a map. Clearly defined, they will help you to make mind

maps very quick and very easy, in a matter of seconds.

The learning curve is very flexible and efficient for the single users and companies. It

guarantees maximum proficiency in minimum invested time. Intuitive Graphic User Interface,

clearly stated features as well as the technical documentation that is available to the user

assures that the application will be accepted as standard working toll by the novice as well

as the professionals.

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Interoperability with other formats

There is no boundaries for the ideas. They should flow smoothly among individuals in the

team, department and company, independently from the hardware or software. iMindQ®

seamlessly integrates with other mind mapping software allowing you to import and export

the map information into new map.

Beside the native iMindQ® file format (.dmm file) you can save or open the map in one of

the following formats: FreeMind map (.mm file format), XMind (.xmind) and MindJet map

(.mmap file format).

Advanced Search

iMindQ® contains powerful search engine, capable for searching terms, definitions or

phrases in a text inside the mind map. The search process is performed in the topic text,

notes, hyperlinks and attachments. The search results are displayed in pane within

application, allowing clear and detailed presentation of the search process.

The iMindQ® search operates like most of the known desktop search applications and

increases the ability to accurately locate information within the mind map.

Online Help

Even though any user with some experience or training in the mind mapping field, can easily

iMindQ® to create and view mind maps and project plans, due its low cost, many users that

were previously editing/reviewing project information in exported files or printed paper, are

given the opportunity to directly review the maps and plans as created by the any team

member and analyze various aspects of the brainstorming and project plan independently.

In order to help those users, and provide reference documentation for anyone using the

product, iMindQ® includes an extensive and modern help manual, integrated with the

application. This help does not only provide reference information how to use a particular

menu command or show a particular view, it provides overviews and best use scenarios for

using particular view or functionality, helping users with no experience in mind mapping to

learn how can they use the product and the best ways to use its functionality.

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Improved Relationship with Customers

The new version of iMindQ® includes several new features that bring iMindQ® closer to the

customers. If a user experiences a problem with the software, he or she can e-mail Seavus

support department directly from the application or start a chat with a support officer.

Another addition is that users are now directly involved in the implementation of the new

features of the iMindQ® by sending their proposals, suggestions or comments from a dialog

form inside iMindQ®.

Advanced Features

Presentation mode

What really moves people is telling a story, especially if the storytelling is represented and

accompanied with visual representations. Every presenter is a storyteller or a screen writer

who has his/her own story to tell/show. The audience usually remembers things that have

meaning and information they can connect logically.

iMindQ® not only that connects the information logically and allows you to customize the

representation of the information, but also allows you customize your way of presentation

depending on the audience.

Imagine the world of the movies or a play in the theatre, different scenes in which different

actors play their own role through which the screenwriter tries to convey his/her story to

the audience.

iMindQ® allows you the same thing with the new Presentation Mode. Imagine the specific

view of part of the map as a Scene and each Topic as an actor with certain animation (role)

assigned to it. If you want to present the ideas of a Brainstorming session instantly after the

end of the session, you can automatically present the brainstorming ideas in the mind map

with just one click.

Mind Map

Organic Map

WBS

Flowchart Diagram

Concept Maps

•One-click Auto Presentation

•Generate Predefined Presentation Scenario

•Custom Presentation Using Template Scenes

•One-click Auto Presentation

•Generate Predefined Presentation Scenario

•Custom Presentation Using Template Scenes

•One-click Auto Presentation

•Generate Predefined Presentation Scenario

•Custom Presentation Using Template Scenes

•Custom Presentation Using Template Scenes

•Custom Presentation Using Template Scenes

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Present your map automatically with one click

At the end of a meeting, you might want to directly present what was concluded from the

meeting, in a form of a mind map, to all attendees. You might need to present the Project

WBS to the project team, in order to convey the main objectives of the project and what is

expected as a project Deliverable You can do that in iMindQ® with just one click.

Generate predefined presentation scenario for your mind map

You can also generate a predefined scenario for a mind map with just a click, which can be

modified later on. Making custom presentations for concept maps, flowcharts and other

types of diagrams is also available. The user’s time is valuable, so iMindQ® offers template

scenes with predefined animations, in order to make the creation of presentation as fast and

easy as possible.

Make custom presentation for your Mind Map

You can make a custom presentation for your Mind Map, Organic Mind Map, Organizational

Chart or WBS by using template scenes and make custom modifications to the presentation.

Present your Flowchart diagram

You can visualize your business processes in iMindQ® with a Flowchart diagram. After

creating the Flowchart diagram, with iMindQ® you can easily make a presentation for your

Flowchart diagram easily by using Template Scenes.

Present your Concept Map

With concept maps you can visualize complex ideas and the interrelationships between

them. They can be also used for knowledge sharing with others by giving meaning to the

connections between what the presenter is trying to convey. You can make a presentation

for a concept map in two ways: by using template scenes with predefined animations of the

elements or by making a custom presentation from scratch.

Advanced MS Office integration

iMindQ® is the starting point for every idea, project and product. You can brainstorm and

create mind map and have the visualization of your thoughts. For further detailed

development of your idea you will need specialized applications to continue shaping and

getting the idea into the reality.

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iMindQ® integrates with world’s most used suite – MS Office. Using the integration with MS

Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS Project, you can transfer your mind

map into the suite and continue with the analysis/development of the project from different

perspective. For example: You can export the mind map created in iMindQ® into MS Project

and get already prepared project plan, ready for scope and budget estimating; or get

presentation in PowerPoint where you can present the benefits of your upcoming product.

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Enrich your maps with information available online

iMindQ® offers new research tool that helps you in many ways. You can search an

information on the web in the same time as you are creating your map. As you type specific

terms in the map, iMindQ Research searches the information instantly and present to you

in the preview window. If you need to search additional information for an existing topic,

just select it and open the Research Panel. iMindQ will do the rest for you.

You can filter your search by choosing one of the available search options:

Google Search

MS®

Word

MS® Excel MS®

PowerPoint

MS®

Project iMindQ®

MS®

Outlook

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Google Images

OpenClipart

Twitter

To do that, you shall open the Research Panel, positioned on the right side of the

application window. The research panel is consisted of the following options:

Backward and Forward options to switch between already made searches;

Choose the desired search service: Google Search, Google Images, OpenClipart or

Twitter;

Type what you search for in the edit box positioned in the top of the Research Panel;

Preview of the searched results;

Drag and drop desired content from the search results to the topics in the map space.

Writing the results from the research process can be tricky and a little bit difficult. Different

sources, several documents for same matter, can confuse the user and make the research

process unusable. Using the integrated web browser in iMindQ®, you can create detailed

mind maps, in only one click. Every piece of information can be built into the map, giving

you overview of the entire research process and clearly presents the research results.

Multiple Mind Maps

In iMindQ you can insert several ideas in the map as floating topics and from them, develop

multiple central ideas later on. The structure of each central idea can be changed, depending

on your needs, whether it is to do list, a basic plan, or a simple mind map.

FindInformation

Get Information

Build Map

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One mind map with one central idea, displayed in the middle, shall not be a limiting factor when

working or discussing unconnected ideas. Further development of those ideas in a mind map,

enables you to create multiple mind maps around different central ideas, without the need to be

interconnected. This can help specifically when holding braninstorming session for generating

ideas for new product or new services, for improving a specific product, process etc. During the

brainstorming session these ideas are generated as floating ideas, in iMindQ known as Floating

topics. If you further need to develop an idea into subcategories, simply change the Topic

Structure to any desired Topic Structure and start working on them.

Style Editor

The process of mind map creation can be divided into two main steps:

Info inserting – in this process you are building the map, inserting the ideas through

topics without paying attention to the visual style of the map;

Style Editing – process where you are giving life to the map, using shapes and colors

for editing the details of the map components.

The style editor in iMindQ® can help you to introduce the company’s standards while

working with mind maps in the brainstorming segment, while creating project plans or

defining the WBS. You can edit the topic’s style by adding different shapes, colors, fonts and

sizes for every topic level and apply the map style to already created maps.

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MS SharePoint integration

Microsoft SharePoint Server (or commonly referred as SharePoint) is a web application

platform developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is integrated with your company’s

document management and content management systems; however the latest versions

have significantly broader capabilities.

SharePoint integration in iMindQ® allows you to create and upload mind maps on

SharePoint Server, open already existing maps as well as creating and managing

connections to the appropriate web sites. Once the maps are created and uploaded on the

server, team members, project stakeholders and all project participant can view and edit the

map by inserting their proposals for the map’s subject.

Map templates

Using the map templates helps users and/or organizations can standardize the use and

appearance of the mind maps when created/edited/viewed in iMindQ® within a team or

across an organization. Information in a template can include views, topic shapes and colors

as well as pre-defined maps that can be edited during the creation phase.

iMindQ® contains four categories of map templates:

Business;

Educational;

Personal;

My templates;

that will give possibility to the users to create mind maps very quickly according.

Combined View

Combination view is a special view that contain two sub-views. Usually, the combination of

the views is bottom – upper, but iMindQ® offer users to all for sides for placing the second

view. The top pane view is the working space, where the mind map is created. The bottom

view is usually the Gantt Chart view.

The bottom pane view shows detailed information about the tasks from the map, located in

the top pane view. Combination views can be useful when the users are interested to view

more detailed information about a selection of task in one of the available views. By

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activating the Gantt Chart view in the bottom pane of the combination view window, they

can select one or more tasks in the top view and view the associated tasks in the bottom

view.

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Introduction

Project Management is use of knowledge, tools, skills and techniques in the project plan in

order to meet the project requirements. The project management in one company is applied

using processes that received inputs and generates outputs. The main purpose of the

project management module in iMindQ® is to help project leaders and architects to create

useful and full-bodied project plan.

In our case, the input of the PM process is the mind map and the generated output is the

project plan. Created mind map is a starting point of the further process for developing the

idea into product. When the initial project plan is prepared, the executives will have the

preliminary information of the time frame for receiving the project’s goods. This piece of

information will help managers to estimate the budget, costs and resource allocation as well

as to better schedule the important project milestones.

Project Plan

Once the mind map for the idea is prepared, the next logical step is to create or prepare

“something” that will help to get the idea into the reality. That “something” is called project

plan. By its definition, project or project plan, as commonly referred, is a temporary effort

undertaken in order unique product or service to be created.

While the mind map is time independent, there are no deadlines or constraints, the project

plan is precisely planned over time with strictly resource schedules. This dimension - time,

is the key parameter for project success.

The project management module in iMindQ® will help you, project managers in the

companies, to prepare initial project plans, to schedule work and material resources while

the executives and the project stakeholders will have a tool for reviewing and analyzing

project information.

Gantt Chart

Gantt chart view is the most used view while creating project. It gives tabular and graphical

presentation of the tasks in the project plan. Gantt chart view consists of two parts: Gantt

table which is located on the left side of the application and Gantt chart on the right side.

This presentational chart illustrates the start and finish dates of the main project elements

(tasks and milestones) as well as the summary elements, such as task summary and project

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summary task, make it suitable for work mainly for project managers and project schedulers.

All these elements correspond to the Work Breakdown Structure of the project plan, giving

more detailed overview of the scheduled activities of the project participants.

Presenting the project activities with graphical elements, makes the project plan and its

milestones to be understood by all project participants.

In iMindQ, for better differentiation and visualization of the tasks in the map space and in

the Gantt Chart View, you can colorize the Gantt Chart task bars with one click, by applying

the fill color of the tasks in the map space to the task bars in the Gantt Chart View.

You can also manage the visibility of the Task Information in the map space, depending on

which Task Information you need at the moment.

WBS Chart

Work Breakdown Structure (or commonly referred as WBS) is process of hierarchical

decomposition of the project plan into deliverable work packages, using the tree structure

for graphical visualization. WBS can be used for presenting the project phases on global

scale (“35 000 feet” view) or for planning the project architecture up to the smallest portion

(task).

Using the WBS chart in iMindQ®, project managers, project leads and other project

participants (such as stakeholders) can make estimations for the workload for each task in

the project plan and have full overview on project’s deliverables. Once, having the anatomy

of the project plan graphically presented, project managers can easily organize the work of

the project teams, schedule project’s outcomes and make estimation of the project’s costs.

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Seavus Live Update

In order to keep the installation of iMindQ® up to date with all new features and updates,

Seavus provides Live Update application together with the installation of iMindQ®

application.

When the user starts Live Update, it will contact our secure Live Update Server and will check

for available updates. The user can select the packages to be installed on the computer and

let the Live Update application perform the upgrade.

Note: Seavus Live Update applies only for the Standard License types. For Concurrent

License types you can check our downloading site and get the latest setup from there or

you can send us email request at support@imindq.com. For Company License types you

should ask for the latest setup via email at the same address.

Customer Support Centre

Seavus has a dedicated Customer Support Centre that is available for any kind of help that

customers may need related to iMindQ®.

It can be contacted through one of the following means:

contact form on the web, available at: http://www.imindq.com/customer-support-

center ,

over e-mail at: support@imindq.com

via telephone on: 888-573-2887 (toll free) – for USA and +46 40 645 9956 or +389

2 3253 606 for Europe

Our standard working hours are Mon-Fri., 8:00am - 12:00 Midnight CET.

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