Re: The praise of BrainStorm

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Posted by stephenz
2005-10-11 15:34:04

I would concur with Alexander. Your personal workstyle will determine if you find Brainstorm a useful tool or not. For me, Brainstorm works best when I’m not creating too many levels… that is, I don’t dig too many deep holes to climb in and out of. My models tend to be small and very focussed on one topic at a time… well, except for my work map model, which is a list of all my current projects with sub items for each project describing the current status and next steps.

If you haven’t already done so, I would suggest you try opening multiple windows of the same model. I think Graham has a great screen capture (that may be viewable at the http://www.brainstormsw.com) that shows how you can use multiple windows effectively. And don’t forget the aerial view, which shows your whole model in outline form. Anytime you feel overwhelmed by your model, type Ctrl-B and you’ll be transfered to the aerial view. Double-clicking on any item in aerial view will take you to that item.

But, if all this still doesn’t work for you, don’t try to force it. Find something that works better for you. There sure is a lot to choose from.

Steve Z.

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