![]() Start with your core idea/thought and then branch out from there using simple mind map diagrams. Whether it’s a site map you want to work out, some ideas and related content/thoughts, or just general brainstorming, mind maps are also a great tool for taking verbal and thought processes and putting them to paper easily. My favourite to use is engineering paper or graph paper style. Rhodia is one type that have very nice paper and lots of different styles. ![]() I’ve also gotten some really nice notebooks which I enjoy using. This helps to enhance learning and to get closer to a result for you with your ideas. As you write out and sketch out things, your mind is forced to connect the physical motor act with the thought process. Scratch pads and notebooks are excellent for both words and diagrams. This helps you think about how to visualize it before you go diving into OmniGraffle or Visio and find yourself searching shape catalogs for hours and getting frustrated. Scratch diagrams and sketches take your idea and put them into a visual form. When you want to get started on an idea, just break out a pencil or pen, and some paper. This is one that Melissa (aka has taught me to leverage more and more. Diagram Tools: Visio, OmniGraffle, PowerPointĮach has a distinct purpose in the process.The most popular ones I use nearly every day are: This goes to the classic phrase “don’t let perfection get in the way of good enough” When you need to take the thought process from ideation to visualization, there are many tools and techniques that can help you. There have been many days where I stared at a blank diagram software screen and fought with how to get it to work in a nice way using the product when what I should have done is to start with just sketching it out in rough format first. Before you think you need to be an AutoCAD, or even a Visio export, you have to learn to quickly get ideas drafted out. Having a simple template to start things off with becomes the best way to get Visualization helps your ideas become more clear because it forces you to see the relationships between things, and to do the physical process of drawing them out on paper and/or using a digital platform. ![]() Let me start this post out with a huge thanks to Rene ( aka and Melissa ( aka who has been very helpful with me getting from idea to diagram/document using these tips.
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