The MasterList

Reflections On Why Case Management is Still Case Management.
TechnoLawyer asked: "Who invented case management software? Where is that person now, and what does he/she think about the current crop of products? What is the history behind case management software?" See what MasterList designer Bill Neubert has to say about his philosophy of case management.

More Thoughts on Managing Cases with Mind Maps
MasterList software has integrated a Mind Mapping component into our case/project management format. Find out more about our Visual Mind mind mapping component and why we believe in this tool.

Why Mind Maps?
With the roll-out of The MasterList 2.48vm - Visual Mind Version on September 1, 2001, The MasterList has fulfilled its promise as a new breed of program we call Case Knowledge Management. Now, you can organize issues, evidence, witnesses, players, elements, ideas, tactics, and musings at free-branching, diagrammatic-outliner, Mind Maps which can be stored and organized logically right at the case/agenda level.

No Fear. No Failure. No Misses.
Our new Shortcut Launcher makes linking to anything including word processing and internet destinations mindlessly easy. Find out why The MasterList™ now more than ever makes you practically invulnerable.

Insight Practice: Breaking Big Things Into Small
Understand how The MasterList™ applies simple yet powerful methods to unleash the power of your own insight to gain control over the tactical elements of your practice. Discover how The MasterList turns ideas into focused, targeted action.

Thought Packets: Automate Your Legal Intelligence
Learn how The MasterList™ can expand your legal mental bandwidth. Explore how The MasterList's case centric, project centric approach allows you to capture thoughts, ideas, and action planning, inventory them in the database, and distribute them to your team across a network.

Incubation, Not Hibernation: The New MasterList Blasts Forward
Find out about TimeBlaster™ and other key features in the newest version of The MasterList™. Learn how The MasterList simplifies the management of your calendar and to-do lists to become the transcendent management tool in your practice.

Pop Quiz
The MasterList™ system is not theory. It is practice. And, it works exactly as described in the Pop Quiz. Why not take the Pop Quiz and test your Tactical IQ.

Trial Book Recipe
When you distill any litigated case down to its essence you are talking about tactical content, all of which is flowing towards a trial which can be outlined and scripted in a Trial Book. The MasterList™, with its full word processing notepads, and all tactical data organized at a centralized master screen according to a chronological implementation agenda, is the perfect tool for creating, analyzing, implementing, and tracking tactical content. It's no wonder that The MasterList is a great place to create your Trial Book.

Let's Triage
Working attorneys will find The MasterList™ system to be a fast, powerful, and intuitive tracking tool which will reduce the most complex case to a precisely manageable set of task packages. The MasterList system will monitor and distribute your workflow just like just-in-time inventory. Why not triage your workload like all the M.B.A.'s do?!

Triple Play!
A highly effective case management system should generate case plans which can be shared, are trackable, reportable, and easy to use and change. The most important action for any case manager is to provide a place where co-workers can find the case plan and get direction. The MasterList™ system is unparalleled in its ability to provide case management signposts that help staff navigate the tactical perils of each case.

Rollout. Some Might Call This Chaos.
Here's what we were thinking in January, 2000 when we rolled the first version of The MasterList™ out. We thought a non-integrated tactics manager was the way to go then. We still do. In fact, the first principle of The MasterList Design Paradigm is that Law Case Tactics should be Separated from Law Office Operations. Read what we were thinking when we rolled out.

Why Not!
As a startup in September, 1999, with the first version of The MasterList™ ready to come out of beta, we paused to assess where we were coming from as we entered the market. Then as now, we believe that The MasterList works the way everyday lawyers think.

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