Whether it’s an anniversary party for your parents, a product to launch next quarter, a new employee to onboard into the team, or a kitchen renovation — everything’s a project. And a map will successfully get you from point A to point B, all the way to the finish line.

But sometimes the hardest part is just starting. That’s where a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) really shines.

Our recent webinar guest speaker, Jeff Kearns, really made a compelling case for why one should never skip the WBS in their upfront planning. If you missed his session, you can still catch it by clicking on the link below, and we’ve included some other helpful resources as well:

• [Webinar] Empower Your Projects (and Sanity!) with a WBS, with Jeff Kearns
• [Webinar] Creating a WBS in MindManager
• [Blog Post] Get Planning with this Work Breakdown Structure template

All the official and “accidental” project managers among us can take heart in knowing how critical our project management skills really are — and that there are great tools like the WBS to keep us on track!

Are you a devoted Mac fan? Then this announcement is just for you: MindManager 11 for Mac is Here!

Built natively for the Mac, MindManager 11 for Mac includes enhanced visualization tools, advanced task management capabilities, improved sharing options, and more than a dozen new and improved templates and diagram formats including workflows, swim lanes, Venn diagrams and matrices. And did we mention a fresh new interface too? This is the most robust Mac-based mind mapping application available anywhere.

Yep, and that’s a red flag. It means that David, and likely others, have missed a beat and are no longer walking in pace with the rest of the team. 

Maintaining team alignment is the never-ending duty of a project manager. Sometimes it involves more frequent communications. Sometimes it means you need more effective communications. We talked to project managers around the globe to learn what works best for them when it comes to keeping a team aligned, then we compiled their answers in a handy eBook for you.

In this ebook, we’ve outlined 5 key ways to use maps to drive (and keep!) team alignment. We even went one step further and created map templates for each stage of your project.