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There is a phenomenon known as corporate memory loss.
Seamless capture and discovery for corporate memory.
Assuming that the designer does not know a priori where in the corporate memory reusable items can be found, the overview should initially show all items.
Conventional techniques for visualizing hierarchies using nodes connected by links are inappropriate, given that the overview needs to show the entire corporate memory in a single display.
The corporate memory grows as the design firm works on more projects.
The overview gives the designer an indication of which "regions" of the corporate memory contain potentially reusable items.
Designers move sideways to explore related items in the corporate memory.
The overview needs to provide a succinct "at a glance" view of the entire corporate memory.
