DESCRIPTION
A mind map is a visual diagram that represent ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key concept. It facilitates structuring information, helping users to better analyze, comprehend, and generate new ideas.
Using the mind map tool also can help reveal numerous potential insights, including:
A mind map identifies relationships and connections between different elements.
The mind map format can highlight gaps in knowledge or resources.
Similarly, the format enables quick identification of underlying issues and potential opportunities within projects.
A mind map provides a holistic view of project scopes or business strategies.
It enables prioritization by visual emphasis on certain branches.
This PowerPoint presentation includes a 4-level deep PLATO (People, Location, Activities, Times, Objectives) Mind Map in a number of formats for ease of use:
1. Interactive HTML
2. SVG file (for editing)
3. PDF (A3 size)
4. Markdown script (for editing)
The Markdown code allows you to easily modify the mind map in a Markdown editor, which are freely available online.
PLATO is a structured framework used in interviews and investigations to gather comprehensive information across 5 key categories: People, Locations, Activities, Times, and Objects. This method allows for thorough exploration of each aspect of a situation, ensuring that all relevant details are considered. By using PLATO, interviewers or investigators can organize data systematically, uncovering connections and patterns that may be critical to understanding a case or solving a problem.
Using mind maps for the PLATO framework visually organizes complex information, making it easier to capture and relate details across each category. It enables interviewers to quickly identify gaps, relationships, and redundancies in collected data, supporting a more complete analysis.
This PowerPoint presentation also includes an explanation of the mind map strategic analysis and visualization tool, along with guiding principles.
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Source: Best Practices in Problem Solving, Mind Map, Interviewing PowerPoint Slides: PLATO (People, Location, Activities, Times, Objectives) Mind Map PowerPoint (PPTX) Presentation, LearnPPT Consulting
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