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Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 1, 2013 at 11:05 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
>How to model workflows and design toolchains? It can be drawn by hand or
>by using some kind of a concept mapping software like VUE. I like to
>save my VUE concept maps as PNG files and insert them into my database
>of choice, ConnectedText, so I don’t forget them.

Actually this for me is critical. Dealing with complexity and chaos means that the workflows and toolchains to deal with them also tend to be complex. I found out the hard way that if I don’t record my process flow for a task that I have cracked, I might totally forget it (e.g. when I go on holiday) and have to keep wasting time with reinventing the wheel…

So I’m talking about the conscious maintenance of a meta level awareness of one’s systems and having those systems visually modelled and recorded. These workflows and toolchains of course will keep changing but their evolution can be facilitated by managing this process consciously.