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Convergence Maps are also useful as an information architecture specification tool to specify complex data relationships of seemingly unrelated data.

Edge Analysis asks the questions: "What would the market look like if this technology were widely adopted? How would it change, how would it evolve, and how would it benefit consumers?".

OME is a sythesis of what is necessary and useful to understand a product and its relationship to its market components: packaging, consumers, where to buy, how to sell, etc.
Through the application of skills and knowledge and countless hours of solving customer needs, Axon Hillock has created novel tools to speed the understanding and derivation of complex relationships. These tools are used throughout Axon Hillock's services.
Convergence Maps (TM)

Convergence maps, derived from the free associative diagrams and hypertrees, are tools used to identify convergent directions of complex areas by comparing neighboring trends/characteristics/features/niches and deriving combined result derived from the two. Convergent maps are also excellent vehicles to simplify the understanding of complex interrelationships, and uncover areas of commonality not evident to in any other way but through visualization.
Edge Analysis (TM)

Edge Analysis is a method of assessing future technology market direction by estimating the impact of forward looking technologies, soon to be introduced or already available but representing leaps of evolution from where a given marketplace is today. Edge Analysis comprises two distinct factors: current market trends, and technologies that may have a play in solving specific industry problems.
OME (TM)

Opportunity Maximization Equation, is a tool derived from Interpreting Opportunity in Technology. OME breaks down a product opportunity into five factors: Method, Package, Cost, Demand and Quantification. These factors are used to first identify issues related to each one of them, and second to identify areas where innovation can be applied to vastly improve on the current product or technology opportunity.
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