| Name | Mind Mapping |
| Abbreviation | MIM |
| Learning Cost | 60 |
| Playing Cost | 200 |
| Suggested Phases | 1 |
Engineers
| Mechanical Engineer | Industrial Design | System Engineer | Electrical Engineer | Production Engineer | Software Engineer |
| ✔ | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Technique and Issue Views
| BusinessNeeds | Stakeholder | Stakeholder Needs | System Requirements | System Structure Architecture |
| ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ |
| System Functional Architecture | Detail Hardware Design | Detail Service Design | Detail Software Design | Manufacturing Operations |
| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Technique Traits
| Identify Stakeholders | Elicit Needs | Remove Ambiguity | Layman's Terms | Technical Terms | Teamworkings |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Traceability | Prioritizing | Exploring Breadth | Inside the Box | Outside the box | V&V |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Verification and Validation
| Analysis | Calculus | Inspection | Demonstration | Test |
| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Mind maps are effective because they “leverage the natural tendencies of our mind to think visually and understand a subject by making associations”
