Mind Map Recipe: Next Actions by Project
In our last recipe we looked at creating a mind map of actionable items by context, but what if you have a project or a group of actionable items? A project is simply a collection of more than one actionable items that will achieve a particular goal. This recipe will allow you to quickly create a mind map of your actionable items by project and then by context. Here's the structure of the mind map:
- The centre of the map will be the date this list is effective from. My mind maps usually consist of a weeks items at a time. In the centre of the map I’ll usually simply use the date as a starting point.
- The 1st level of branches are the different projects you have to complete. Create branches for each of your projects, using keywords or images to represent them.
- The 2nd level of branches are the different contexts your next actions have. Under each project create branches for each context that project has. As contexts are usually only one or two words, these are probably best simplified by images.
- The final level of branches are the actionable items themselves. For the final level of branches you can now add your actionable items. Again like out previous recipe, I tend to keep my actionable items short in description, substituting images in where I can.
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