Comments on: My Search for Mind Mapping Software http://www.pixelyzed.com/2007/09/03/My-Search-for-Mind-Mapping-Software/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=My-Search-for-Mind-Mapping-Software on building pixel worlds... Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chandima Cumaranatunge http://www.pixelyzed.com/2007/09/03/My-Search-for-Mind-Mapping-Software/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Chandima Cumaranatunge Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-87 Very interesting post. Have you looked at CMAP ( http://cmap.ihmc.us/ ). I've used it as a tool to elicit understanding of conceptual relationships in my graduate education courses (sometime back). I remember it having a distributed collaborative concept mapping feature (it does have a server component) that allow multiple users to work on the same map -- would be a useful feature to have in your case as you must eventually derive a common structure. It would be interesting to see how collaborative concept mapping compares to traditional tools for deriving structure such as card sorting and cluster analysis -- you got me thinking... Very interesting post. Have you looked at CMAP ( http://cmap.ihmc.us/ ). I’ve used it as a tool to elicit understanding of conceptual relationships in my graduate education courses (sometime back). I remember it having a distributed collaborative concept mapping feature (it does have a server component) that allow multiple users to work on the same map — would be a useful feature to have in your case as you must eventually derive a common structure. It would be interesting to see how collaborative concept mapping compares to traditional tools for deriving structure such as card sorting and cluster analysis — you got me thinking…

]]> By: Stéphane http://www.pixelyzed.com/2007/09/03/My-Search-for-Mind-Mapping-Software/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Stéphane Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-88 Yes, I had tried CMAP a couple years ago when I didn't really get what concept maps or mind mapping was or how it could be useful to me. Iremember little of it but I remember coming away from it thinking it lacked functionality I wanted. Thanks for reminding me about it. I'll take another look at it although I decided to settle on MindManager. The collaborative concept mapping aspects of CMAP are not as interesting to me at this point as I am a one man shop and clients usually do not want to get involved in the real conceptualization and ideation process beyond the initial interviews or surveys. They probably should get more actively involved in that process anyway because they do know their business best. They usually have other things to worry about and figure they pay you to come up with that stuff. It probably would still be good to identify the real business problems and derive realistic goals and objectives for the project... You got me thinking too... Yes, I had tried CMAP a couple years ago when I didn’t really get what concept maps or mind mapping was or how it could be useful to me. Iremember little of it but I remember coming away from it thinking it lacked functionality I wanted. Thanks for reminding me about it. I’ll take another look at it although I decided to settle on MindManager.

The collaborative concept mapping aspects of CMAP are not as interesting to me at this point as I am a one man shop and clients usually do not want to get involved in the real conceptualization and ideation process beyond the initial interviews or surveys. They probably should get more actively involved in that process anyway because they do know their business best.

They usually have other things to worry about and figure they pay you to come up with that stuff. It probably would still be good to identify the real business problems and derive realistic goals and objectives for the project…

You got me thinking too…

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