Outlinig in "swimlanes" ?
Started by Bernhard
on 9/22/2011
Bernhard
9/22/2011 2:05 pm
Hello,
does anyone know an outliner capable of organize an outline with topics and subtopics in swimlanes?
There is a german software "Normfall Manager" that supports a "Relationsmodul" (relations module). It is intended to support lawyers and judges.
Each litigious item gets its block (topic) in the vertical axis and each party gets its "lane" in vertical axis. Then you can add further lanes for evidence, conclusion etc.
And there are topics that span multiple lanes.
(See a picture at http://www.normfall.de/normfall-manager/shop/das-relationsmodul.htmll
Thanks in advance for any clues!
Bernhard
does anyone know an outliner capable of organize an outline with topics and subtopics in swimlanes?
There is a german software "Normfall Manager" that supports a "Relationsmodul" (relations module). It is intended to support lawyers and judges.
Each litigious item gets its block (topic) in the vertical axis and each party gets its "lane" in vertical axis. Then you can add further lanes for evidence, conclusion etc.
And there are topics that span multiple lanes.
(See a picture at http://www.normfall.de/normfall-manager/shop/das-relationsmodul.htmll
Thanks in advance for any clues!
Bernhard
Foolness
9/22/2011 3:03 pm
Link leads to 404 error page
Franz Grieser
9/22/2011 3:10 pm
Just delete the "L" in "htmll" :-)
Franz Grieser
9/22/2011 3:12 pm
Bernhard.
You may want to take a look at Storylines, which is part of the Writer's Cafe suite (www.writerscafe.co.uk).
Franz
You may want to take a look at Storylines, which is part of the Writer's Cafe suite (www.writerscafe.co.uk).
Franz
Foolness
9/22/2011 3:30 pm
Thanks.
The screenshot is a bit vague. Is the vertical axis unlimited? There are some programs like Basket Notepads that only have 4 columns maximum.
Are the entries only single entries only? Google translate says something about comments underneath each entries.
The screenshot is a bit vague. Is the vertical axis unlimited? There are some programs like Basket Notepads that only have 4 columns maximum.
Are the entries only single entries only? Google translate says something about comments underneath each entries.
Franz Grieser
9/22/2011 3:46 pm
Hi.,
You mean the "horizontal" axis, i.e. the timelines? Don't remember how many you can create but it is more than the 4 you seen on the screenshot.
Your 2nd question: What exactly is it you want to know?
Why not download the trial and see for yourself? The software is available in German, by the way.
Franz
You mean the "horizontal" axis, i.e. the timelines? Don't remember how many you can create but it is more than the 4 you seen on the screenshot.
Your 2nd question: What exactly is it you want to know?
Why not download the trial and see for yourself? The software is available in German, by the way.
Franz
Foolness
9/22/2011 4:04 pm
Oh I'm just trying to help with your topic.
I don't really understand German which is why I translated the text to English.
Swim lanes are really a hard to define as feature as sometimes it connects with freeform writing which are not truly swim lanes.
Infoqube could technically be a swim lane software for example but it can also be more of a spreadsheet. Tobu is another example of something that could count as a swim lane but it's not really an outliner. Basket Notepads could be true swim lane as the lanes are there to constrict the free form writing but it's not really as expansive and is closer to a desktop web homepage where the lanes are only 4.
It gets even more confusing as Sticky Notes and Mapping software come into play as there are mapping software that can be made to work like swim lanes via becoming more of a diagonal outliner.
I don't really understand German which is why I translated the text to English.
Swim lanes are really a hard to define as feature as sometimes it connects with freeform writing which are not truly swim lanes.
Infoqube could technically be a swim lane software for example but it can also be more of a spreadsheet. Tobu is another example of something that could count as a swim lane but it's not really an outliner. Basket Notepads could be true swim lane as the lanes are there to constrict the free form writing but it's not really as expansive and is closer to a desktop web homepage where the lanes are only 4.
It gets even more confusing as Sticky Notes and Mapping software come into play as there are mapping software that can be made to work like swim lanes via becoming more of a diagonal outliner.
Bernhard
9/22/2011 4:43 pm
Foolness wrote:
Thanks.
The screenshot is a bit vague. Is the vertical axis unlimited? There are
some programs like Basket Notepads that only have 4 columns maximum.
The number of columns depends on the version: 4 columns for the Pro and 40 for the Enterprise version.
Thanks, I will look into Basket Notepads to see if the blocks in the colums can be horizontally aligned.
Bernhard
Bernhard
9/22/2011 4:48 pm
Franz Grieser wrote:
Bernhard.
You may want to take a look at Storylines, which is part of the Writer's
Cafe suite (www.writerscafe.co.uk).
Storylines lookes interesting, though from the screenshots it seems that screen estate for each block is very limited. I will try the demo. It's very nice that Storylines is cross-platform. Thanks!
Bernhard
Alexander Deliyannis
9/22/2011 9:45 pm
From the images and my limited comprehension of German, Normfall Manager's swimlanes approach looks quite similar to the 'corkboard' feature encountered in several programs aimed at writers, like Writer's Cafe. Other examples: Outline4D http://www.screenplay.com/p-77-outline-4d.aspx and http://www.learnoutline4d.com/ Supernotecard http://www.mindola.com/supernotecard/ and more recently Writing Outliner http://writingoutliner.com/
The advantage of Normfall Manager is that there are also other ways to organise the material, that work complementarily to the swimlanes. So the question is whether the swimlanes are enough.
The advantage of Normfall Manager is that there are also other ways to organise the material, that work complementarily to the swimlanes. So the question is whether the swimlanes are enough.
Foolness
9/22/2011 10:29 pm
In that case Pigeonhole Organizer http://m8software.com/clipboards/pigeonhole/pigeonhole.htm may also be applicable.
nigel
9/25/2011 8:20 am
If you are looking at the concept of "index cards" that can be placed in columns, colour coded, sorted into different piles, etc, then there is a neat app from MS called Sticky Sorter.
As you can imagine, it is Windows based. You have to register it but it is freeware. Take a look and watch the video examples to see if it will meet with your needs.
The link: http://www.officelabs.com/projects/stickysorter/Pages/default.aspx
I hope that helps
Regards,
As you can imagine, it is Windows based. You have to register it but it is freeware. Take a look and watch the video examples to see if it will meet with your needs.
The link: http://www.officelabs.com/projects/stickysorter/Pages/default.aspx
I hope that helps
Regards,