Mind Mapping

What is Mind Mapping?
Mind-mapping is an ideation method that is analogous to human memory. Ideas are organized in a hierarchical structure with individual ideas under categories which in turn map to a topic (design oppportunity).
Why Mind Mapping?
It serves as an effective visual documentation of brainstorming session and helps in down selecting the favorite choices by conducting a voting session at the end of discussion.
Procedure
Best Practices
Demo Video
This video gives you a walk-through on how to create a Mind Map, through a worked example of a Autonomous Vehicle Design Challenge.

This is an additional video on Mind Mapping.

Examples
Here are examples of Mind Maps used for various design opportunities.
References
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Teo, K., Wee, Y., Swee, A., Altybayeva, A., Gopal, M., Kamiso, N., Foo, D., Lauff, C., Wood, K.L., “Design Innovation (DI) Learning Modules,” SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC), SUTD, Singapore, idc.sutd.edu.sg, 2018.
Additional Resources
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Coggle: Simple Collaborative Mind Maps & Flow Charts