Goal
As a first step in ontology-building to generate and communicate complex ideas.
What
A visual representation of ideas and information, which depicts suggested relationships by labeled arrows.
Where
Within a project team to discuss obtained information both from environment and knowledge base. As an instrument in a conversation with a client/user to see if common ground and understanding is created in requirements gathering, idea builiding or design.
Who
Teammembers, stakeholders, general audience
How
1. Gather information
2. Categorize information
3. Discuss categorization (either within team or with stakeholder)
4. Draw draught
5. Use tooling to make overview. Tooling could be: visio lucidchart
Pros
big-picture
overview
simplicity
Cons
visually overwhelming
limited to key-words
vague concepts
Example
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10734-010-9387-6.pdf
