'Mind maps' for pigging

摘要

Variance Reduction International's 'lean six sigma' evangelist Kevin Johnson has been blogging on how 'mind mapping' can be used to optimize design and operations of industry-specific activities such as pipeline pigging (cleaning). Mind mapping (MM) is a natural graphical method of representing complex concepts. An MM is usually a single-page representation of a large concept space. MM software includes FreeMind (with a Python interface), an open source spinoff, FreePlane, Visio or even PowerPoint.