Importance of Mind Maps

Brainstorming

• Brainstorming is the most commonly used ideation technique in which a group of people discuss their potential solutions for a given problem and new ideas and counter ideas are generated within this interaction. Mind Maps are a great way of representing these ideas in a structured format and are commonly used in UI/UX Brainstorming sessions.

Mind Mapping

• As the name suggests, Mind maps are throughly used in a design thinking process which is named after Mind Maps itself, it is called Mind mapping. Mind mapping is a process used in early stage of an idea where you simply write the problem in a phrase in a rough paper and then around it you write possible solutions for the problem.

Organizing ideas

• Mind Maps are the most simplistic and thus straightforward kind of mapping, hence have an important application in organizing ideas. They have a clear hierarchy and format, making them pretty quick to create and consume. This ensures that our ideas are structured well and are easy to create and understand.

User Centered approach

• Mind mapping is a tool which will help us to understand the problem in a more user centric way, suppose if you get any problem statement and you are not sure what are the use cases you need to cover, in such cases mind mapping is a great tool because it can help you think how user thinks.

Communication

• Mind map also acts as a communication tool since it are easy to understand even for those who are not from design background. Mind maps can be used to depict an issue and its potential solution and then can be used to communicate between different teams taking their feedback and implementing them.

Understanding a problem is halfway through solving a problem and the same happens in design as well, understanding a problem completely is the most crucial part for coming up with potential solutions, and in design, we have a very simple tool to not only understand the problem but also come up with potential solutions. A Mind Map is a visual thinking tool in a tree structure with the main topic in the center, its potential solutions connected to that topic, and later subdivisions of these solutions connected to each solution. In this article, we will discuss what Mind Maps are. how to design Mind Maps and why they matter.