Explore relationships
Branches can surface categories, examples, dependencies and questions before you know the final structure.
Convert to action
A planning map eventually needs to become tasks, an outline or decisions if it is going to drive work.
Do not force every problem into a map
Procedures, schedules and strict sequences are often clearer as lists, tables or timelines.
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