Mind mapping and brainstorming tools come in handy for visually working out relationships between ideas and concepts. They often elucidate our thoughts towards more plausible and realistic outcomes. Mind mapping tools are also useful to information architects in structuring out information flows towards concepts within a domain context. Often brainstorming exercises are the best way of working out all the corner cases of a knowledge representation on data. The whole process can also provide a way of discovering new connected ideas and storyboarding before formalizing into an implementation strategy. The below provides links to a few mind mapping tools.
