Q: Can argument mapping be used in strategic planning? A: Of course! – because strategic planning involves complex arguments, and argument mapping can help whenever you have to deal with complex arguments. However to move beyond that sort of trite proclamation, it is useful to have concrete examples of how argument mapping can enhance a [...]
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Argument mapping in strategic planning
Posted in Argument, Argument Mapping, Austhink, bCisive, Mapping, Planning, Strategy on July 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Decision maps in project planning
Posted in bCisive, Decision mapping, Planning, Project management on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Frank Zdanowski emailed the following interesting “use case” for decision mapping/bCisive: “In my work as a project manager, I hope to use your product to build decision maps to document the thought processes of the “why” of a project during preliminary planning. This way, when [if?] we reach a crisis point in project execution where [...]
Future trend: hypothesis mapping displacing ACH
Posted in ACH, Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, bCisive, Hypothesis mapping, Hypothesis Testing, Reasoning on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Slides from a presentation at an intelligence & security seminar in Canberra last week. Thanks to Brett Peppler for getting me the gig.
Tools for Thinking – Management Consulting
Posted in Argument Mapping, bCisive, Intelligence Augmentation, Rationale on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Draft magazine piece. Comments welcome. In the late 1950s, a young engineer by the name of Douglas Engelbart made a decision that was to have a immense effect on all of our lives. Engelbart realised that the massive challenges faced by humanity, such as hunger or nuclear war, would place unprecedented demands on our thinking [...]
