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Mental models template for product teams

Develop understanding and innovation together with your team by using Miro Mental Model
Service and Product design
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What is a mental model?

Mental model is an intuitive understanding of a system based on past experiences, observations, and logic. It guides the design of solutions and helps companies and its teams make good user and business decisions by focusing on what customers or users actually need.

What benefits will you get from using Mental Model?
  • Confidence in your design: creating a mental model gives you and your team a solid foundation of research on which to base your design decisions.
  • Winning customer attention and loyalty: building a mental model helps you examine the whole user experience, which will enable you to choose the best design decisions.
  • Building a strategic roadmap: keeping informed about your customers' needs develops your competitive advantage and keeps you focused on delivering greater value to your customers.

When you use Miro to create a mental model, you can:

  • Fill-out a ready-made, flexible template to save you time.
  • Add sticky notes, shapes, and arrows to create a powerful map.
  • Prototype on infinite whiteboard, discuss and share your ideas online using chat, video, and comments features.
  • Provide your teammates with real-time access to collaborate from any devices, at anytime.
Tip: Try Miro template collection to complete your overview. Download and print it to always have your map at hand.
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We make teamwork intuitive and fun.
Simple
Simple
When you open a new board in Miro, you have instant access to a dynamic toolbox. Our clean, inviting interface takes the complexity out of collaboration. In just minutes you'll have a professional Mental Model that's ready to share.
Collaborative
Collaborative
Get more work done by sharing the board with colleagues, clients or friends. Collaborate in real-time and see all the changes instantly, or work across continents and time zones while still staying on the same page.
Ready to be used
Ready to be used
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