Compendium

Compendium is the powerful, open-source (and free) software that CogNexus recommends for Issue-Based Information Systems (IBIS) based work, from problem-solving and critical thinking through Dialogue Mapping™. Using Compendium makes IBIS structures easier to read and easier to change than working with indented text IBIS (itIBIS) or creating a hand-written IBIS structure on a whiteboard or paper. Compendium supports the development and maintenance of large-scale IBIS structures (maps), over long periods of time, better than any other available software.

Learning Compendium is a bit of an investment, but we believe it is the best software available today to do this kind of work.