Managing a Project with MindGenius Resources and Gantt Views

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Managing a Project with MindGenius
Resources and Gantt Views

MindGenius provides a flexible and creative
approach to managing a project entirely within
MindGenius or integrating with Microsoft
Project.

Either use the Resource Map or the Gantt view
to update the project schedule in MindGenius.

Figure 1. Sample Work Breakdown Structure for a Website development project

Technique 1: Using the Task Filters and Resource
Map
1. Select the Gantt tab
2. Click on the Quick Filter button and select Completed
Date and select the Completion Overdue option
3. Click on the Hide Non-Matches icon
Figure 2. Hide non matches

4. The map will filter the overdue tasks
Figure 3. Filtered Tasks

5. Double Click on a specific task to open the Action dialogue
box and enter a percent complete.
Figure 4. Action dialogue box

 Adjust the start date and
completion date
 The map will filter the relevant
tasks based on the filtered
criteria.
Figure 5. Updated Filtered Map

 Quickly organize the tasks by assigned resource.
 Makes it easier to obtain updates as each team member can
provide progress updates.

To create the resource map:
 1. Select Tasks – Resource Map
 2. Select the Entire Map option and click Ok
 3. Using the Map Explorer, click on a resource name to filter tasks
assigned to each resource
 4. Apply the Completion Overdue quick filter

Figure 6 identifies all the tasks that are due and assigned to the selected resource.
Figure 6. Resource Map and Completion Overdue Filter

 Quickly update all the overdue tasks assigned to each
specific resource by clicking on each resource’s name in the
Map Explorer.
 Create different views and distribute them to the project
team for quick updating.

To view the Gantt View:
 1. Select Tasks – Gantt View
 2. The Gantt view will be displayed with the tasks on the left
and Gantt chart on the right
 3. Apply the Completion Overdue filter by selecting the
Quick Filter option (Figure 7).
Technique 2: Using the Gantt View

Figure 7. Filtered Gantt Chart View

Adjust the various filters to identify completed tasks, late tasks
and tasks missing assigned resources.

 Any changes to the project schedule will be reflected in the
Gantt chart.
 All of the updates in the Gantt chart view will appear in the
graphical mind map view.

MindGenius provides useful views across the core set of
project data, supports visual planning and provides traditional
project management views to effectively manage a project.

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