Hello, I'm Muning.
Today, let's talk about how product managers use mind maps correctly.
First of all, mind mapping has been demonized by many big V "demons".
Whether this tool is useful or not, we need to see dialectically. As a popular learning method in Europe and America, it must have merit.
However, if you don't master its specific use methods and how to use mind maps according to your own needs, scenes and thinking characteristics, even if you make 10000 mind maps, you still can't exercise your thinking at all.
1、 The origin and definition of mind mapping
First, we need to review the origin and definition of mind mapping.
Generally speaking, we all know that mind mapping is the first time we heard about this concept through Tony Bazin's mind mapping, or we saw it on the Internet or in other people's articles.
The advantage of mind mapping lies in the visual understanding of the relationship between domain knowledge, creativity and concepts. In fact, there is a question that has been ignored by everyone: what is mind mapping?
So what is the mind map proposed by Tony Bazin? See the figure below:
It can be seen that the characteristics of general mind mapping are:
There is a central concept (playing made easy)
A branch extending from the central concept
A branch that extends from a branch.
Use bright colors and images instead of words to express.
It looks great, doesn't it? But in fact, this limits the scope of use of "mind mapping". The mind map described by Tony Bazin can be used for creativity, sorting out ideas, expanding ideas and so on.
But use it to understand science and physics? NO, NO, NO..
Therefore, the origin and fundamental purpose of mind mapping is to apply it to the training of creative thinking and brainstorming. With the gradual popularization of tools, it began to extend to the direction of sorting ideas and manual accounts.
But mind map, mind map, there is a word "map" in the name!
Please take a look at the following picture, the mind mapping learning document you can see everywhere on the Internet:
Do you think I'm going to praise him?
did not.
What's the difference between this kind of document and copying the catalogue according to the book?
Write less is a directory, write more is according to the full text of the directory copy.
Why should something that was eliminated by nine-year compulsory education as early as 800 years be taken out and fried?
Not to mention how long it will take you to do such a mind map, the problem is that after you finish it:
Will you really take it seriously? Has it trained your mind after reading it?
2、 How to understand and use mind mapping
So the question is, how should we use mind mapping?
Next, I give a mental method when I use mind mapping, understand the relationship between concepts in the use scenario, and select the appropriate mind mapping.
The relationships between common concepts are:
Sequential: for example, mathematical concepts. How can you learn rational numbers before you learn positive integers? Or "flow chart" of computer algorithm.
Divergent: for example, when thinking about creative ideas.
Enumeration: it doesn't matter logically.
Network type: for example, interpersonal relationship, social network, knowledge network, etc. Therefore, different mapping structures are selected for each different conceptual relationship.
Sequential -- > fishbone diagram / flow chart
Divergent -- > conventional thinking map
Enumerated -- > table
Networked -- > directed graph / undirected graph / table
When mapping to specific use scenarios, you will find that mind mapping is actually very useful.
Why? Because our ability to understand images far exceeds our ability to understand words.
Our brains are born with GPUs, not CPUs.
Just copy the directory and stop flaunting yourself as a mind map, okay?
Therefore, the key to mind mapping lies in four key factors, namely: "thinking", "dimension", "guidance" and "map".
Si: yours target What is it? What do you want to understand through mind mapping?
Dimension: Yes population Comb, not part. Sort out disciplines rather than a book;
Guide: sort out items that already exist between each other relation Sex, linked;
Figure: Using graphical To deepen understanding and memory, rather than copy words.
01 thinking
The brain is a magical thing that can create countless possibilities. Thinking is the key. Our childhood experience makes us form private logic and can look at things with fixed ideas; In the process of our growth, experience has formed a set of our own thinking mode and thinking logic, which leads to the solidification of our analysis and understanding of things.
Drawing mind map is a challenge and exercise for our "thinking". Why? Human behavior is purpose oriented, so the first step in drawing the mind map is to consider the purpose:
What do you want? What is your driving force?
By peeling the cocoon layer by layer, you can put aside the appearance of the goal and clearly analyze your ultimate goal - which requires continuous practice and accumulation and process.
Thinking, pain and happiness.
02 dimension
When we think about problems, we will be limited to specific dimensions, which is related to our habits, especially when dealing with some information. Thinking with a cage, how to release yourself?
Mind mapping can help me open the cage of thinking and diversify my thinking. Take MECE as the principle, find footholds of different categories in the vertical and horizontal directions, and strengthen the dimension of thought from the depth and breadth, so as to have a more three-dimensional sense and integrity.
Gestalt psychology school puts forward that "the whole is greater than the sum of parts". Personally, I think the concept of mind mapping is the same. Its thinking reflects that it pays more attention to the sense of the whole rather than the integration of parts.
VI, let the brain fly for a while.
03 Guide
Direction is also very important. Where will thinking lead us? Are we determined to follow our goals or go astray? The guidance of mind mapping lies in its lines and drawing logic.
Drawing a straight line will make people nervous, while drawing a curve will make people relatively relaxed and visually pleasant. The patterns extending from the trunk to different directions are especially like human nerves. When neurons are activated, they expand level by level like the lines in the brain map. This high similarity can resonate with the brain, so it is easier to accept information.
The logic of drawing the guide map is: confirm the theme - determine the framework - use color - content extension - Supplement illustration - think about relevance, link closely, connect and echo each other from beginning to end, and form a closed loop. It is very careful. For people with jumping thinking like me, it is very enlightening and can exercise their thinking.
Director, all actions are under command.
Figure 04
There are three final presentation modes of mind mapping: full picture, full text and picture and text, which are determined according to the object you show. The whole picture is a great test of the skill of the drafter. It should not only be beautiful and generous, but also be understood by others; The whole word is very suitable for taking notes quickly, without consuming too much time on the map;
Pictures and texts are loved by everyone. They are good-looking, easy to understand and have a good memory. Pictures with words complement each other.
Of course, this is also a comprehensive test of the drafter's ability to refine keywords and display image power.
Picture, don't talk, feel with your heart.
3、 Explain with cases How to use mind mapping
Next, I will introduce how to use mind mapping as a learning method by using several cases of mind mapping I have recently drawn.
For example, I've been learning about user operation recently. First of all, I want to understand a certain concept knowledge, which belongs to divergent type. Compared with the graphic selection type of divergent knowledge, I chose the general mind map, so I drew the following map with XMIND tool.
For example, I've been combing the business logic of station B recently. Any business logic must build a closed-loop and ecological network, so it is network-based knowledge. For network-based knowledge, directed graph, undirected graph or table should be used, so I used processon tool to draw the following figure. In fact, it is more like a business canvas in a sense.
For another example, I've been sorting out the whole process of products from demand to launch for students recently. The whole online process must be carried out in sequence with timeline, so I need to express it in the form of flow chart. So I used the processon tool to draw the following figure.
Therefore, any learning tool has its value. Do you know the definition, origin, usage scenarios and specific problems of this tool.
If a tool is good at something, it must be sharpened first.
This "device", to put it simply, is the most common soul three questions: who are you, where do you come from and where do you want to go (how do you use it).
The more complicated point is your thinking, the underlying logic of your thinking, as shown in the figure below.
Above, I hope to help you.
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