If you are using Mindmanager, you will probably like Compendium. It
includes support for transclusion which allows a map of multiple
dimensions to be created easily. This eliminates the need for all of the
arrows in MindManager.
It is FREE and easy to install (can use your existing JVM but includes
one in the install if you do not have JAVA installed) and runs on
Windows, Linux and Mac.
It can use MySQL as its database or you can use the built-in database.
You can use both at once and convert from one to the other very painlessly.
It can produce HTML output but because of the multi-dimensional nature
of the maps that can be produced, it does not include output to linear
documents (MS-Word for example)
You can extend it with your own notation if you have some ideas about
visual representation.
If you go to www.compendiuminstitute.org, you will find examples and the
download.
Ron
Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
Ok, this may be a silly question, but I would really like to know your
opinions on how you handle project documentation workflow.
* What artifacts/tools and or file formats do you use to document your
project?
- I've got a personal journal where I keep several random thoughts on a
day-to-day basis. Ok, this is not intrinsically related to the
project, but
random project annotations eventually go there.
- I've got a Enterprise Architect 6 Desktop Edition. I know enough of
UML to
draw class, sequence and state diagrams. However, this tool has more
features than I need, and I feel this overwhelms-me... but I'm trying to
figure out the best way I could use it to document my application.
- I also use MindManager. MindMaps have been kind of useful to me some
time
ago to visualize complex infomation, so, I thought I could use it to
somehow
document aspects of the project or organize the documentation... it's not
clear yet...
- Also, I have a simple GTD system implemented on papers and physical
containers. This helps me keeping track of next actions and other
projects I
have. Part of this sytem is implemented on my personal journal (the
in-basket, and random-thoughts that are later processed into projects and
actions).
My project and all the files related (including the documentation) is
stored
on a SVN repository. I've created a bath script which copies a rar file
backup of the SVN rep.
The fact that I'm using SVN made me think of using plain text files for
documentation format.. however, I'm not sure here too.. :/
Any thoughts would be really apreaciated!
Marcelo.
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