More
Thoughts on Managing Cases with Mind Maps
Why
you need case management
Case
Management: A lawyer multi-tasks more cases than
he can easily handle, each of which has many elements
that need to be evaluated and tracked. This is real
lawyering. This is stress.
Why
you need MasterList case management
Case
Management for the intellectual side of you. You
know what you want to keep close track of and why.
But the traditional calendar format doesn't allow
much input. Let the power of a computer help you put
your best ideas to work.
For
the first time, with The MasterList, attack
your agendas pro-actively. Now you can categorize
all your ideas, not just your calendar entries, and
lay them out for easy tracking within the framework
of a single case screen. With The MasterList,
you can literally see the case landscape spread out
in front of you, and then easily get to work on it.
What
are Mind Maps?
Mind
Maps are a visualization of your ideas or plans
for anything mapped out on a branch-like structure.
Depo prep, trial points, research analysis, elements
of a transaction, or charting out witness testimony
- made easy. So simple, the design inspires greater
depth and breadth of ideas. Creating visual branches
with ideas tied to agendas in The MasterList
action framework is like brainstorming with both sides
of your brain. Finally a pro-active tool that can
get you out of the re-active loop.
The
MasterList with Mind Maps
We
are the only case management program with mind
maps. Important because we store the maps right
within the case. There is no other place you have
to go when working on a case because you are keeping
all your agendas and to-do's right where you can see
them instantly, laid out at a single screen with mind
maps attached. Now you can multi-task a case without
having to jump through hoop after hoop to piece together
the entire picture. And, all case screens and maps
can be shared by your team across the network.
How
Mind Maps can help you
Research
shows that people can hold 5-9 chunks of information
in their heads at any given time. But when your ideas
are flowing, fast and furious, you need a place to
park them where they will be meaningfully remembered
when you have time to get back to them. By building
a cognitive map, you can quickly lay out contrasting
elements and ideas in a case, giving yourself a buffer
of time and space to pick your way through the landscape
to plan out, implement, track, and achieve the best
possible outcome.
Wait!
It gets better
By
clicking any branch of a map and triggering the I
have to do this option, you can create a dated
task that will shoot to your to-do list for the case
as a diary item to remind you later to get back to
it.
And
you can make and track assignments to others using
the same techniques. Instead of just making assumptions
and hoping for the best, why not pro-actively manage
assignments you make to see how they are coming, with
the same powerful oversight you apply to your own
workload?
This
is so powerful and so unique, you will wonder how
you worked without it
Every
day you face choices. How to decide what must be
done vs. what can't be done today. The MasterList
helps you see all choices across all cases and triage
down to the relevant agendas that need your focus
today. In other words, you can easily postpone the
less pressing tasks with the assurance that you will
be prompted by them at a later date, when their time
has come.
Easy.
One client told us The MasterList is a marvel
of simplicity.
So
simple that we include all post-sale training
for FREE.
The MasterList. Now, with Mind Maps. You shouldn't
have to wait any longer to get control over ALL of
your cases.
Bill
Neubert
The MasterList
 White
Paper: More
Thoughts on Managing Cases with Mind Maps
April, 2002
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