Software and resources

iDEAS is one of a class of software tools known variously as 'Mind Mapping', 'Decision Support' or 'Rationale Editors'. The purpose of the tool is to help you organise your thoughts as you progress through a decision-making process. It does not matter what you are trying to decide; arriving at a conclusion always involves looking at the key issues, examining the arguments for and against, looking at the type of resource and other inputs a course of action will require and finally ruling different strategies in or out until a solution is decided upon.

For further details of iDEAS and supporting material, please click here.

Recently, the extraordinary emergence of the largest information construct in human history, the World Wide Web, has presented us with a new way of thinking about how we might organise and regiment information. The challenge here is that to get to the real benefits, a wealth of information has to be acquired, retrieved, indexed, sorted, structured and managed.

PCPACK is a powerful business solution that supports the retention, sharing, management and re-use of knowledge vital to the organisation. First released in 1994 as a commercially available product, PCPACK has since undergone continual development in response to market demands, technological advances and customer feedback. Major global corporations have benefited from the use of PCPACK, now at Version 5. These include Airbus, BAE Systems, British Airways, Corus, GKN, LogicaCMG, Motorola, Prudential, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, Thales and Unilever.

For further details of PCPACK and associated downloads, please click here.