Issue Mapping

Issue Mapping is the process of crafting an issue map, a way of making critical thinking visible. An issue map is a graphical network that integrates many problems, solutions, and points of view and shows the deep structure of an issue.

Issue maps can be sketched on paper, but larger issue maps are typically crafted using a software tool such as Compendium.

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