Wikis and Mind Maps

Forrester recently released research that indicated that firms use Wikis mostly for knowledge management.

Other uses included collaboration and project management - which seem like other interesting uses. I was speaking with an MBA student recently and he mentioned that most of his group projects are done through a wiki like interface so that collaboration and editing could occur quicker - brilliant!!

Recently WikiMindMap was released that creates mind maps from wiki articles - here is the result for web analytics. This looks like a great way to “see” how information is grouped. I can’t wait until it can be applied to other wikis!

The beauty of the mind map, is that the diagram shows context of the central theme as it relates to other themes or ideas - it is this relationship with other themes that defines the concept.

Web analytics without the right amount of context makes it almost unusable - so think about web analytics in terms of the context that you are analyzing data. Mind maps are very useful for delivering the right insights with the right context.