MindManager Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used MindManager
Rudolf E.
Last position:
Datacenter Engineer, Network & Security Administrator at International Insurance Group
Operation and further development of the network and security infrastructure.
Monitoring, analysis and resolution of network and security incidents.
Cross-departmental collaboration with other teams on operations and further development, and reporting.
Firewall vulnerability analysis.
Firewall access requests.
Troubleshooting IP communication issues on network and firewall infrastructure.
Security-critical IT infrastructure, processing of personal data, compliance with legal requirements.
Products: Palo Alto Networks Firewalls, Cisco ACI, Checkpoint Firewalls, F5
Technologies: SDN, SDWAN, Cisco EPIC, Cisco ACI
Matthias S.
Last position:
Overall Project Coordinator at Bundeswehr Informatik (BWI GmbH)
- PMO Lead Security Clearance 2 (SÜ2) verified
- Reporting to the GMN sub-program management
- System maintenance 25+
- Functional management and coordination of the Jira setup
- Preparation of decision papers (e.g. project planning, governance model, communication plans, controlling models, roles and responsibilities matrices)
- Development of program-wide knowledge management using Confluence, creation of Jira concept
- Development of an access concept for all project tools
- Analysis of existing processes, identification of improvement potential, and design of solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Development of a concept for introducing automation approaches into existing tools
- Creation of intranet articles for project marketing
- Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning in the sub-program
- Agile development of the project methodology
- Gathering customer requirements (Requirements Engineering)
- Preparation and support of contract negotiations (7-year term, 500+ million budget)
Robert K.
Last position:
Interim Manager | Group Manager in the IT Operations & Digitalization division „Databases, Operations & Support" (DOS) at Landwirtschaftliche RentenBank
- Functional management and further development of a team of 28 IT employees (internal & external) in the areas of HelpDesk / HelpLine, RHEL (Red Hat), MUREX (trading system & applications), SAP basic operations
- Management of external service providers (including FI-TS for SAP basic operations)
- Personnel, resource and budget planning for the IT department and projects
- Introduction and establishment of regular communication formats (regular meetings, team and cross-departmental meetings)
- Ensuring application operations in a hybrid environment (Windows / Linux with database and web/application servers)
- Support for transformation projects to modernize the application landscape (e.g. DevOps approaches)
- Building and introducing digital IT procurement for hardware & software (e.g. with DELL)
- Development and management of the „IT Operations DOS" department based on the company strategy
- Preparation of management reports & decision papers on IT projects, optimization potential and automation opportunities
- Representing the department in Rentenbank committees and ensuring regulatory compliance (BaFin §44, DSGVO, BSI, MaRisk)
Wolfgang T.
Last position:
Overall Project Manager at itzbund
Project overview: The use of “Generative Pretrained Transformer” (GPT) technologies will greatly change the world of work in the coming years. ITZBund is developing a basic service for this purpose, which can be used by its 200 customers. This basic service is offered both on-premises and in the cloud. Launched in 12/23, production systems (based on the MVP) had already been successfully rolled out and operated for several authorities and federal ministries by 05/24.
Project metrics:
- 2024 budget approx. 20 Mio €
- approx. 70 people directly involved in the project
- regular (indirect) contact with approx. 80 people in the wider project environment
My main responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility as external project manager
- Project definition phase/ Project setup and establishment of the project organization
- Strategic and operational project planning, as well as project design and ongoing adjustments
- Ongoing coordination with the project owner and stakeholders at ITZBund
- Ongoing coordination with sub-project managers, agile roles, and other project team members
- Responsibility for project controlling, quality management, risk management, and change management
- Responsibility for providing the basic service in on-premises and cloud environments and its ongoing development
- Planning and leading several hypercare phases
- Collaboration and ongoing coordination with a federal ministry partner project and delivery of an MVP
- Coordination with the agile teams
- Coordination with operations, release, and deployment
- Responsibility for delivering initial customer projects
- Responsibility for developing AI governance
- Ensuring accessibility (BITV)
- Responsibility for setting up a sub-project for marketing activities
- Support in setting up an efficient proposal process
- Stakeholder management
Approach:
- V-Modell XT ITZBund
- Scrum
Tools used:
- Microsoft Office, Skype, MS Project, Confluence, Jira, Sharepoint, Miro
Tamer D.
Last position:
Senior Project Manager / Senior IT Consultant at IT.Niedersachsen – Central Police Directorate (ZPD)
MOVE-ZPD – Strategic Infrastructure Project | Total Program Budget 48 Mio. € | Data Center Migration Hannover → Hamburg
Responsibility for a central subproject for migrating business-critical specialist applications to a highly available data center architecture.
- Management of a central subproject for migrating business-critical specialist applications to a highly available data center architecture.
- Independent management of around 30 of approximately 100 business-critical specialist applications, including Exchange (approx. 30'000 users), LDAP, DNS and cross-state applications.
- Management of project structure, milestones, dependencies, risks and escalations, as well as coordination of the required business and technical stakeholders.
- End-to-end coordination of the managed migrations, from planning and structuring through environment provision, testing and acceptance to production deployment and go-live.
- Stakeholder management between business units, Product Owners, data center operations, program organization and external service providers.
- Development and implementation of a standardized server request and change process to speed up VM provisioning and reduce manual coordination.
- Management reporting as well as preparation and moderation of steering and decision-making bodies and workshops.
Technologies & Tools: MS Project, MS Teams, SharePoint, Oracle APEX, CA Automation Manager, Visio, MindManager
Saša B.
Last position:
Programme mentoring and advisory support at Credendo
Retained by the client as external advisory anchor following build-up and handover of the programme. I continued to serve as an external mentor/advisor to the internal programme manager, focusing on
- governance,
- risk and dependency management,
- stakeholder alignment,
- delivery discipline and
- change adoption.
Edgar P.
Last position:
Transition Manager & Business Analyst
The customer's own IT ticketing tool is being migrated to the central corporate tool. Critical elements are the product shop, the operational framework, the ITIL processes and asset management. It is important to ensure that the strategy for the service and support model works with the new tool, so that IT operations can continue smoothly. The next step is to develop and establish processes for the newly formed core team.
- Current-state analysis / weakness analysis of the existing processes and tool setup
- GAP analysis of the current and future operating and service models
- Analysis of business needs
- Evaluation and implementation of the identified GAPs
- Establishment of a continuous improvement process
- Risk management
- Hypercare & support during operational activities
- Establishment of processes for the newly formed core team
- Stakeholder management
Alois S.
Last position:
Subproject Manager / Senior SAP EAM Consultant at VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH
Consulting SAP-PM/EAM (Maintenance)
Task:
- Consulting SAP PM/EAM as a consultant in the S/4HANA environment - Customizing / support for SAP FIORI Apps
- Subproject management of “Integrated On-Call Services” to integrate the Alarm Server and Resource Planning systems with the “Integrated Working Time Recording” project in order to reduce duplicate recording.
- Subproject management of the “Non-Availability Plan” for the development of a customer-specific FIORI app
- Responsibility for the SAP Resource Planning specialist area (support)
- Responsibility for the SAP Working Time Recording specialist area (support) (error analysis, bug fixing and testing in cooperation with development)
- Support for the test team in setting up test automation
System: SAP S/4HANA EAM, agile implementation
Team size: approx. 10
Patrick R.
Last position:
Project Manager / Rollout Manager at Siemens Healthineers
- Project Manager / Rollout Manager
- SDA-LAN 2.0 project
- Project management in the SDA-LAN area, planning the replacement and reconfiguration of network components, coordinating migrations with service consultants, technicians and the business, supporting migrations and acting as the point of contact for the on-site team, coordinating dates with the customer and service provider, planning and review meetings, risk management, escalation management
- Team size: 15 – 40 people
- Tools: Windows 11, Microsoft 365, Sharp CMDB, Confluence
Ulf H.
Last position:
Configuration Manager (Interim) at In-house Development
- Requirements analysis and replacement of local SharePoint as CMDB with open source NetBox to prepare for deploying Cisco ACI (SD-WAN) with Microsoft Azure
- Coordination with systems like Checkmk and Grasp
- Introduction and coordination of cmdbsyncer as CMDB data hub; further development of the syncer with Kuhn & Ruess GmbH
- Implementation of SNMPv3 on AIX LPAR/VIO, Linux, Windows, SAN/storage, network components (Cisco switches, F5 load balancers, Palo Alto and CheckPoint firewalls, iLO boards)
- Deployment and further development of the network scanner JDisc in cooperation with the vendor (Utimaco HSMs, Linux detection)
- Integration of NetBox, JDisc, and cmdbsyncer into the infrastructure using Docker containers
- End-user training: preparation, creation of materials, and delivery
- Creation of data flow and network diagrams
- Population and planning of IPv4/IPv6 with NetBox including VLAN import
- Dual-stack setup of servers and clients with IPv4 and IPv6
- Connection of REST interfaces for Checkmk, JDisc, vSphere, HMC, i-doit, NetBox Software: Confluence, Jira, MS Office 365, Teams, i-doit, NetBox, JDisc, cmdbsyncer, DB Visualizer, vSphere, HMC
Frank B.
Last position:
Consulting & Project Management at B-IT - Ihr IT-Kompetenz
- Planning the migration approach from the old to the new ZEWIS system
- Configuration of the modules (basic module, project recording, assembly billing, etc.)
- Setup of interfaces and data transfers
- Coordination of the rollout and alignment with specialist departments
- Supporting the team during go-live and troubleshooting
- Quality assurance and preparation for acceptance
- Documentation of all steps to ensure smooth operation
David K.
Last position:
IT Business Analyst at REWE digital
LOIS is the central integration platform that enables the processes between all REWE applications across the entire supply chain. As an IT Business Engineer, I support the NEO program in renewing the logistics integration platform "LOIS" for REWE and Penny in Germany and Europe.
Christian S.
Last position:
Operation Manager at Xerof
- Working within a Swiss-regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) offering institutional-grade crypto-fiat financial solutions
- Contributed to on-/off-ramp infrastructure enabling clients to convert between cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies
- Supported the rollout of Web3 payments & third-party payment services to streamline crypto operations for businesses
- Engaged with AML/KYC / regulatory compliance to ensure operations met Swiss regulatory standards
- Assisted in product development or deployment for crypto-backed real estate / luxury goods transactions
- Collaborated with institutional and high-net-worth clients to tailor crypto / financial services offerings
- Bridged traditional banking and Web3 by reducing frictions in fiat-crypto transactions
Silke D.
Last position:
Business Analyst at Rentenservice
Developed a digitalization strategy Analyzed legacy systems and designed a new IT landscape
- Gathered current work structures and processes
- Identified optimization opportunities
- Developed a tool landscape to support business processes
- Created a request for proposal
- Defined epics and user stories
- Modeled processes
Technologies/Methods: Confluence, MSTeams, MindManager, PlantUML, JIRA
Detlef H.
Last position:
PRINCE2®-Coach at BITMARCK Beratung GmbH
- PRINCE2®/PRINCE2 Agile® methodology transfer
- Consolidation and design of a company-wide project management standard: “Back to PRINCE2®!”
- Transfer of a consistent, universal, comprehensive, robust, stringent, easy-to-use and scalable approach
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Statistics of experts using MindManager
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
27 years
Position duration
2.4 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
60%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using MindManager
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
MindManager experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (80%)
- Professional Services (72%)
- Manufacturing (54%)
- Automotive (50%)
- Banking and Finance (46%)
- Transportation (36%)
- Energy (32%)
- Insurance (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Mind maps and planning
MindManager is visual information-mapping software for organizing ideas, requirements and activities in one connected workspace. Teams use it to create mind maps, flowcharts, timelines, matrices and structured project views. It turns scattered input into a shared plan that is easier to review and update.
Core capabilities
MindManager supports brainstorming, meeting preparation, strategic planning and project coordination. Information can be grouped by topic, linked across branches and enriched with notes, attachments, hyperlinks, tags and task details. Views such as Gantt charts, outlines and dashboards help different stakeholders work from the same source.
- Build mind maps for workshops and discovery sessions
- Convert ideas into tasks, owners and deadlines
- Document processes, requirements and decisions
- Create roadmaps, project overviews and business plans
Ecosystem and integrations
Strong specialists understand the MindManager interface as well as the systems around it. Depending on the setup, they connect maps with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Outlook and Excel, and help teams use import, export and synchronization features consistently. They may also work with templates, macros, collaboration settings and document standards.
When companies need help
Freelance expertise is useful when a team is replacing inconsistent planning documents, introducing a common workshop method or preparing a complex transformation. It also helps when existing maps need restructuring, when templates must reflect corporate standards or when users need practical onboarding. In Germany, remote collaboration often works well, while workshops may benefit from on-site sessions and German-language facilitation.
- Establish a reusable mapping and planning method
- Clean up legacy maps and shared workspaces
- Prepare stakeholder workshops and decision records
- Train teams on templates, views and collaboration
What strong experts deliver
Effective MindManager professionals ask how information is created, reviewed and maintained before designing a map. They use clear hierarchies, meaningful labels and restrained visual detail so a map remains useful after the initial workshop. They also define ownership, update routines and export formats instead of treating the file as a one-time presentation.
Choosing the right specialist
Look for relevant examples in project planning, business analysis, process work or knowledge management. The right fit depends on whether the assignment focuses on facilitation, information architecture, integration, training or long-term governance. Ask how the specialist handles feedback, accessibility, version control and collaboration across distributed teams before agreeing on the delivery approach.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about MindManager.
MindManager is used to organize ideas, requirements and work in visual maps. Companies apply it to brainstorming, project planning, process documentation, meeting preparation, roadmaps and knowledge management.
MindManager combines mind maps with tasks, relationships, notes, attachments and multiple planning views. A task tool usually focuses on execution, while a diagram tool often focuses on presentation; MindManager connects structured thinking with actionable planning.
A strong MindManager specialist may also bring skills in workshop facilitation, business analysis, project coordination, process modeling and knowledge management. Familiarity with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Outlook and Excel can matter when maps are part of a wider information workflow.
MindManager work does not depend on a fixed experience threshold. A simple map or template may need focused support, while an enterprise rollout calls for a professional who understands governance, integrations, training and the way different teams maintain shared information.
MindManager can support remote collaboration when teams agree on naming, ownership, storage and review practices. For German companies, a specialist may work remotely with distributed stakeholders or run on-site workshops when language, facilitation and organizational context make direct interaction valuable.
A MindManager freelancer can deliver workshop maps, project plans, process overviews, decision records, roadmaps, templates and training materials. They may also document import and export routines or prepare views suited to executives, project teams and operational users.
Review whether the MindManager map answers a real business question and can be updated without specialist help. Check the hierarchy, labels, links, task logic, visual clarity and documentation, then ask the professional to explain how ownership and future maintenance will work.
Mindjet MindManager is the former naming associated with the MindManager product, which is now commonly referred to simply as MindManager. When engaging a specialist, clarify the exact desktop or subscription edition, collaboration setup and integrations relevant to the assignment.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used MindManager in their recent projects is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 939 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used MindManager in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 60% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used MindManager in their recent projects have 27 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used MindManager in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (28%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used MindManager in their recent projects are Information Technology (80%), Professional Services (72%), and Manufacturing (54%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used MindManager in their recent projects are Project Management (98%), Information Technology (86%), and Product Development (72%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used MindManager
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