Sean Fosmire, Review: Correlate for Outlines and Flow Charts
TechnoLawyer member John P. Starkweather asks:
"I'm interested in creating flow charts for my practice. Ideally, it would closely resemble MindManager with its ability to incorporate Web sites and documents and its integration with Microsoft Office. However, MindManager doesn't map a process or a decision tree in the same way a flow chart can. For example, I'd like to map the process of taking a case from filed lawsuit to closure. One map could deal with service of process. We could check service by linking the chart to the court Web site. If service is effected, then the flow chart would link to our form motion to default; if not, it would link to our forms for appointing a special process server and creating an alias summons. Once service is effected, that piece of the chart would be completed. Any thoughts?"
In my opinion, an excellent candidate for this type of process is Correlate. Correlate allows you to create outlines that show relationships between things and to connect those with URLs, files on the network, or other linked items as needed. One sheet can contain one or many "trees" of outlined items, placed where you want them, so there is some degree of unstructuredness allowed.
M. Sean Fosmire
Garan Lucow Miller, P.C.
www.garanlucow.com
Marquette, Michigan
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