B-liner Hierarchical Diagram Breakdown, outliner, spreadsheet, warnier/orr, process diagram

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What is B-liner?

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	Outlining
	Organizing Info
	Program Design
	Warnier/Orr Diagram
	Project Management
	Analysis
	Forms
	Templates

B-liner is . . .

	a unique general purpose work break down tool that mirrors the way you think by starting with the big picture and then working out the details.

	manage and schedule projects and tasks. create structured Warnier/Orr program designs. organize hyperlinked information. analyze complex processes. build decision support and data capture solutions.

B-liner helps you break it down. The "it" can be anything--a large project, tasks, presentations, documents, or just your daily To Do list. You can create conventional outlines or you can create special types of outlines that describe processes or outlines that do structural decompositions. Outlines can be viewed horizontally or vertically.

Office Mate

B-liner outlines are usually used as stand alone documents, but you can also include them in MS Office documents like Word, Excel or PowerPoint. You can insert Hyperlinks to organize and reference other documents. B-liner documents can be saved as XML or HTML files and also imported and exported from comma delimited files.

Describes Processes

B-liner outlines that describe processes are called Warnier/Orr diagrams. They are simple, easy to understand and powerful. Warnier/Orr diagrams have been used extensively to design and document software programs but have many other uses. Describing complex processes with an outline is much easier to read and understand than the straight text version. They are also much quicker and easier to write.

Hierarchical Spreadsheet

B-liner's outlines can be augmented with an optional hierarchical spreadsheet. A hierarchical spreadsheet allows you to analyze how the properties of the whole relate to its parts. For example, how the costs of a project relate to its sub tasks. Typical analyses include project planning and scheduling, risk analysis and decision trees. In addition to analysis, hierarchical spreadsheets are used for tracking and status.

Rich Text Editor

B-liner outlines can be free form text with many lines of fully formatted text (color, size, font, bold, italic, etc.) Formatting conveys information and makes them easier to read and understand.