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Software for mindmapping and information organization

Software for mindmapping and
information organisation

Vic's compendium of software that supports knowledge management and information organisation in graphical form. Includes mind mappers, concept mappers, outliners, hierarchical organisers, KM support and knowledge browsers, 2D and 3D.More...










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From:  Computer Systems Odessa   Product:  ConceptDraw MINDMAP Professional    Added:  2005-08-03
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Screenshot mind mapping software ConceptDraw MINDMAP Professional    
What they say:  " ConceptDraw MINDMAP is the software for mind-mapping, creative thinking and brainstorming. The mind mapping tool is based on mind mapping technique by Tony Buzan. Use ConceptDraw MINDMAP for personal planning and note taking, team brainstorming and demonstrations to an audience. The Personal version offers versatile mind mapping and drawing tools, rich collection of pre-drawn shapes. Professional version supports extra file formats, multi-page documents, has extended capabilities for creating web sites and making PowerPoint presentations"
Observations:  A strength of this software tool is the wide range of import and export options. Despite the name, this looks much more like a mind mapping tool that one for concept mapping. ConceptDraw have other diagramming products.
Where:  http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/mindmap/main.php
OS: Mac, Windows
Price:  PE:US$99, Pro:US$199
Categories: mind maps
 
From:  Concept Systems Inc (CSI)   Product:  Concept Systems    Added:  2002-02-27
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What they say:  " . . . a proven group process, decision support and performance management software package/program that turns individual ideas into a group road map for action. Whether using the real-time group meeting approach or the CS Global Internet tools, the Concept System synthesizes ideas and opinions so you can objectively evaluate recommendations and results against stated goals and expectations."
Observations:  Pattern Matching (not concept maps) software Web Categorization, makes maps like Trochim's
Where:  http://www.conceptsystems.com/
OS: Windows
Price:  Contact CSI
Categories: concept maps
 
From:  ConnectedText - Mauro, Eduardo   Product:  ConnectedText    Added:  2006-10-14
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Screenshot mind mapping software ConnectedText     Screenshot mind mapping software ConnectedText     Screenshot mind mapping software ConnectedText    
What they say:  " ConnectedText is a simple but powerful personal Wiki system. With it you can store ideas, pieces of information found in the Web, thoughts, code snippets, recipes, lists, linking them with ease. Like a notebook in which any topic can be linked to any other. Take a tour to see some screen shots.
ConnectedText is more than a personal information system, it is a workpad for ideas and thoughts. With its available tools navigating between topics is a breeze. With the tremendous quantity of information available nowadays, a tool like ConnectedText is important and necessary. With it you can collect all relevant information you find, organize and link them."
Observations:  Normally I wouldn't include Wikis in here, but this product includes a graphics front-end
Where:  http://www.connectedtext.com/
OS: Windows
Price:  USD30
Categories: concept maps
 
Articles
Mindmapping to plan your life

To each individual reader, mindmap topics don't come much bigger than this -- on the personal level, anyway.   [Vic]

The mindmapping route to project-team building

This piece sets out what seems to me to be a novel use for mindmapping: Staffing a project, functional unit or department. It is a good illustration of the flexibility of the mindmapping approach. I often use mindmapping in drawing up job specifications and candidate profiles, but not quite in the way described here. I think I'll give it a try.   [Vic]

Research and mindmapping to kickstart your writing

Here is another slant on getting your writing going -- research and a dash of mindmapping.   [Vic]

Writing, come what may

There's only a brief mention of mindmapping here, but it's obviously important to the author. Anyway, to me it's a great article on getting moving with writing. I hope you find it so, too.   [Vic]

Project estimating – Mindmaps are a tool in the armory

The key to getting something useful out of this article is to read the author’s title carefully. Mind mapping simplifies the process of project estimating -- it doesn’t simplify the actual task-time estimation. Every project manger knows that the work of a project must be broken into separate and manageable units for estimating. To look at a project and think “That’s about a week’s effort” is a recipe for frustration and missed targets. Mindmaps, spider diagrams and bubble charts are excellent for the first phase of breaking a project into manageable parts. For me mindmaps, as strictly defined by Buzan’s rules, are less suitable than spider diagrams for this type of analysis, but we can assume that Dr. Mariaraj is not being too strict in his use of the term below. [Vic]


The opinions are Vic's but material in quotes that follows "What they say" is quoted from the vendors' web sites. Product names used in this web site are for identification purposes only. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.  If you come across any software that isn't here but you think should be, please let me know: Vic at the above domain. If you have questions about mind mapping, concept mapping or outlining, you can let me know and I'll give it my best shot.